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Zoho

Zoho was founded in 1996 in Chennai, India by Sridhar Vembu and Tony Thomas. It is an Enterprise Software company.

Indian software company offering a suite of business and productivity applications; founded as AdventNet.

Private Founded 1996 Chennai India Enterprise Software
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Zoho founders & co-founders

2
S
Sridhar Vembu
Co-founder & CEO
 T
Tony Thomas
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

1

The companies and labs that produced Zoho’s founders.

Qualcomm

What happened to Zoho’s founders and alumni

2 companies

People who worked at or founded Zoho and went on to start their own companies.

G 1 founded
Freshworks 2010
S 1 founded
Freshworks 2010

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