Anand Deshpande

Anand Deshpande

Anand Deshpande (#1769)

  • $ 2 B
  • Technology
  • India
  • M
  • 64 Years

About Me

Anand Deshpande is chairman and managing director of software firm Persistent Systems, headquartered in Pune. He started the company in 1990 as a database firm, pooling $21,000 from his savings and borrowings from his father and some friends. Persistent gets the bulk of its revenue from North America and the remaining from India; Europe and the rest of the world. It provides digital engineering and data and artificial intelligence products to the software, banking, financial services and healthcare sectors.
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  • #1755   Billionaires (2026)

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Current Net Worth: $2.4B (May 4, 2026)