Subrah Iyar
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Subrah S. Iyar (born June 11, 1957) is an entrepreneur of Indian origin. He co-founded and was CEO of web conferencing provider WebEx until its acquisition by Cisco Systems in 2007 for US $3.2 billion. He is an early investor in and an advisor to Zoom Communications.[1]
Early life
Subrah S. Iyar was born in Mumbai, and received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B). After graduation in 1982, he moved to the United States.[2]
Career
Beginning in 1983, he worked for 6 years for Apple Inc., where he was instrumental in creating the first OS licensing business in the Newton Group.[3]
From 1989 to 1995, he worked at Intel, where he directed product marketing and OEM sales management within the LAN software and systems group.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
From October 1995 until November 1996, he was president of Future Labs, a subsidiary of Quarterdeck Office Systems.[3]
He was vice president of sales, marketing, and business development at Teleos Research, which was acquired by Autodesk.[4][3]
Iyar became an entrepreneur in 1996, when he founded WebEx in partnership with Min Zhu. The founding of the company was fueled by an interest in web conferencing. Min Zhu, a Stanford University-trained System Engineer had been struggling to develop a web-conferencing tool, when he met Iyer, who went into business together.[2]
On May 29, 2007, Cisco Systems acquired WebEx for $3.2 billion.[5]
After a 6-year break spending time with his 2 daughters, in 2012, Iyar co-founded and became CEO of Moxo.[6] Moxo is a digital client interaction platform that received funding from Cisco and KDDI from Japan.[7]
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