Sanjit Biswas

Sanjit Biswas (born 1982) is an American billionaire businessman, computer scientist who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Samsara, a publicly traded Internet of Things company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides software for physical operations.^[1]

Sanjit Biswas
Born	1982
Alma mater	Stanford University (B.S.) MIT (S.M.)
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Co-founder of Meraki and Samsara
Spouse	Hope Biswas

Previously, Biswas was co-founder and CEO of Meraki, Inc (now Cisco Meraki), a cloud-managed networking company now part of Cisco Systems.^[2]

Early life and education

Biswas was born in 1982 and attended Lynbrook High School in San José, California, graduating in 1998.^[3] He earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering degree from Stanford University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering degree from MIT.^[4]

Career

Biswas originally co-led MIT’s Roofnet project, an experimental network for wireless research. The project became the basis for Meraki's wireless networking products.^[5]

After co-founding Meraki in 2006 with John Bicket, whom he met while both were graduate students at MIT, Biswas led the company as CEO.^[6][7] In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.^[8] In 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion.^[9] Under his leadership, Cisco Meraki grew over 100%.^[10]

Biswas co-founded Samsara in 2015, also with John Bicket, to focus on Internet of Things for the physical operations industry.^[11][12] In December 2021, Samsara publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IOT”. Samsara sold 35 million shares in its initial public offering to raise $805 million at a valuation of $11.5 billion.^[13] In Q4 2023, Samsara surpassed $1 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).^[14]

Personal life

Biswas is married to Hope Biswas, an infectious disease epidemiologist.^[15][4] In 2024, Biswas and his wife announced The Biswas Family Foundation.^[16]