Gunjan Sinha is an Indian-American entrepreneur and business executive.
Education
Sinha attended the Indian Institutes of Technology where he earned a Bachelor of Surgery in Computer Science. He went on to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz where he obtained a Master of Surgery in computer science. He added an Master of Surgery in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University prior go launching his entrepreneurial career.
Career
He has served on the board of numerous Silicon Valley startups including Regalix. Prior to founding numerous companies, Sinha spent time as a hardware developer at Olivetti Advanced Technology Center as well as an industry advisor for inDplay, Incorporated. One of his first business ventures was Parsec Technology Private
Limited., a company he co-founded in 1994.
He launched one of the first internet search engines in 1995. Known as WhoWhere?, he served as the company"s president until he sold the company to Lycos in 1998 for $133 million in stock.
At the time of the sale, Lycos was the 4th most popular website behind American Online, Yahoo, and Master of Science in Nursing. After WhoWhere?, Sinha went on to co-found eGain Corporation, a provider of customer engagement software. He took the company public on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation in 1998 and served as the company"s president until 2003 when he joined MetricStream where he still serves as the Executive Chairman.
Sinha is on the board of LearnStreet, an online education website for computer programmers.
Launched in 2012, the company is backed by Khosla Ventures. Sinha has served on numerous boards, including for various non profits. He serves as Chairman of SiliconIndia Incorporated., Regalix, and previously for arcadiaOne, Incorporated.
He was appointed to the board of the Indo-United States Science & Technology Forum and previously served as a trustee for the University of California Santa Cruz Foundation.
He is also a frequent speaker at Horasis, an independent think tank organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. Wall Street Journal interview with Gunjan Sinha, 2014.