Frank Slootman Biography – Frank Slootman Wiki
Frank Slootman is an American billionaire businessman, individual investor, technology executive, and the chairman and CEO of Snowflake a cloud-based data storage company since 2019. He also owns about 10 % of Snowflake. On March 11, 2021, he was announced to have become part of Instacart’s company board of directors. As indicated by PR Newswire, a statement by Apoorva Mehta, Founder, and CEO of Instacart said, “We’re proud to welcome Frank to Instacart’s Board of Directors. Frank’s one of the most accomplished and respected technology CEOs, and I’m excited to partner with him. He has a proven track record of building leading teams and executing at scale in fast-growing markets. As a Board member, Frank’s unparalleled passion for and deep expertise in enterprise software will be invaluable as we continue to build the operating system for the grocery industry and enhance our Instacart Enterprise e-commerce solutions for retailers.”
Before he joined Snowflake, he had retired and actively took part in competitive sailboat racing in San Fransisco Bay Area. Before his retirement, he was the CEO and the president of ServiceNow, a cloud computing platform for digital workflows, from 2011 to 2017. While serving at ServiceNow, he played a huge part in growing the company from returns of about $100M via an IPO hence a rise in the organization’s yearly proceeds to $1.4 billion. Prior to ServiceNow, he has also been the president of
the Backup Recovery Systems Division at EMC after a successive purchase of Data Domain Inc/Data Domain Corporation where he was the CEO and president taking the company through an IPO and the subsequent purchase by EMC for over $2 billion.
He has authored quite a number of books/publications such as TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story. He graduated from the Netherlands School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam with an undergraduate and graduate degree in economics.
Frank Slootman Age
A native of Holland, Netherlands, he was born on October 3, 1958. Currently, he is a resident of Pleasanton California.
Frank Slootman Wife
He is a married man. He is married to his wife, Brenda Lynne Slootman. She serves as the vice president and secretary of the Slootman Family Foundation. It is speculated that he shares two children with his wife and that his parents are from Holland. There is no further information about his personal life details pertaining to his parents, children, and even siblings.
Frank Slootman Net Worth
Frank Slootman’s net worth is estimated to be 3.1 billion USD as indicated by Forbes (2021) report.
Frank Slootman Nationality
The billionaire is of Dutch nationality.
Frank Slootman Height
His listed height is recognized to be 5 feet 9 inches tall.
