Sridhar Ramaswamy

Chief Executive Officer at Snowflake

Leading Snowflake's data cloud platform as CEO

OperatorSan Francisco, California, United States20+ years in industry

Last updated May 31, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated May 31, 2026

Bio

Sridhar Ramaswamy is the Chief Executive Officer of Snowflake, bringing to the role a distinguished career in technology and advertising built across more than 15 years at Google. At Google, he rose from Software Engineer to Senior Vice President of Ads and Commerce, where he led the engineering and product teams behind Search ads, display advertising, YouTube monetization, and Google Shopping, overseeing one of the largest and most influential advertising businesses in the world. His deep expertise in large-scale data systems and digital commerce now informs his leadership of Snowflake's data cloud platform.

Previous Roles

SVP, Ads and Commerce

Google (2013-2018)

VP, Engineering

Google (2006-2013)

Software Engineer / Engineering Lead

Google (2003-2006)

Expertise

Search AdvertisingProgrammatic AdvertisingAd Monetization PlatformsPrivacy-First Business ModelsAd-Free Subscription ModelsGoogle Ads EcosystemE-Commerce AdvertisingLarge-Scale Ad Systems Architecture

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Brown University
B.Tech, Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Notable Achievements

Led Google's Ads and Commerce division to over $100 billion in annual revenue as SVP
Co-founded Neeva, the first major subscription-based ad-free search engine to reach consumer scale
Oversaw Google Shopping's transformation into a major e-commerce advertising platform
Neeva acquired by Snowflake in 2023, validating AI-powered search technology built under his leadership
Drove significant expansions of YouTube and Display advertising monetization during Google tenure

Awards

Named to Fortune's list of influential technology executives

Speaking Topics

The future of search and AIPrivacy-first business models vs. ad-supported internetSubscription models as alternatives to surveillance advertisingBuilding large-scale machine learning systems for advertisingThe ethics and economics of digital advertising

Publications

Various op-eds and interviews in The New York Times, Wired, and The Information on ad-free search and privacy

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