Frank Slootman is the CEO of the cloud-based data storage company Snowflake. During the pandemic, he oversaw the public offering of his company which opened at double that its list-price which turned Slootman along with other members of the company into billionaires.
| Name | Frank Slootman |
| Birthday | October 3, 1958 |
| Age | 61 |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Profession | CEO; |
| Net Worth | $1.8 Billion |
| Education | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
The newly made billionaire has also been the CEO of the company over a period in which it has doubled its revenue and seen its stock reach peak prices.
Frank Slootman, CEO of @SnowflakeDB sat down with @CNBC and @Livongo to discuss how to move #AI and #ML from theory into practice. How? By getting data out of narrow silos and into the hands of more employees and consumers. Full #video here: https://t.co/ZEuq15Ykv4
— Snowflake (@SnowflakeDB) November 6, 2019
10 Facts About Frank Slootman
- Frank Slootman was born on October 3, 1958, and is 61 years old as of September 2020.
- Forbes reports that Slootman became a billionaire with a net worth of $1.8 billion in September 2020 as Snowflake shares soared 115% in the IPO.
- There is no Wiki page dedicated to Frank but you can read all about the CEO in this article.
- He has chosen to keep information about his wife or relationships in the public media.
- Frank joined Snowflake in May 2019 and has since become one of their spearheads.
- At the time of his inauguration as CEO, he said that the company would try to offer IPOs as early as summer 2020 but the offering got pushed back.
- The company finally made an IPO on September 16, 2020, and their list price was $120 per share but they got double that as the shares closed at $253.93 per share and 28 million shares were sold.
- The market valuation of Snowflake has Skyrocketed at $70 Billion. It made history in the process by becoming the largest IPO to double on its first day of trading till now (September 2020.)
- Not much is known about the billionaire CEO’s parents other than, they are from Holland.
- As such, he is a Hollander as per his nationality and is of mixed ethnicity.
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