Sekhar Puli is an Indian-American executive and philanthropist. He is the Managing Partner at AROA Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm based out of Delhi, India.
Early life and education
Puli was born in
Machilipatnam,
Andhra Pradesh,
India and moved to the United States in 1995 as a student.
He earned a graduate degree in computer science from George Mason University and completed an International MBA program at Georgetown University in 2003.
He is of
Telugu people descent.
Career and education
Puli is a graduate of George Mason University and Georgetown University. Puli founded
Rean Cloud, an IT service management company, in 2013, alongside Sri Vasireddy. In July 2018, Hitachi Vantara announced their plans to acquire REAN Cloud for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition was completed October 2018.
In February 2019, Puli announced that he was leaving REAN Cloud to join JanaSena party as Chairperson.
In 2022, Puli became the Global CEO of ArchLynk, a supply chain management company.
Philanthropy
Puli is the founder and director of Asha-Jyothi Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Virginia. It has since expanded to educate over 6,000 children annually, while also organizing recurring medical camps.
In 2019, Puli made a $2 million donation to construct an
Laboratory for Fairfax High School.
In 2022, he was awarded the Lord and Lady of Fairfax County title for his donations.
Personal life
He is married to Malini Puli and has two daughters.
