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Ashish Pothireddy

Investor

Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund · Analyst at Silver Lake Partners

North America

About

Ashish Pothireddy joined Silver Lake as an Analyst in 2025. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, earning a B.S. in Economics with a Finance concentration from the Wharton School and a B.A.S. in Computer Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Experience

  1. Mayfield FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. GoogleVP and GM Storage, Google Cloud2021 — 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
  3. GoogleGM Storage, Google Cloud2020 — 2021Sunnyvale, California, United States
  4. GoogleHead of Google Cloud VMWare Engine2019 — 2020Sunnyvale, California, United States
  5. CloudSimpleChief Executive Officer and Founder2016 — 2019
  6. MicrosoftGeneral Manager, Hybrid Storage and Data Protection2014 — 2016
  7. MicrosoftGeneral Manager, WSSC StorSimple2013 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  8. MicrosoftPartner, Group Program Manager2012 — 2013Mountain View, CA
  9. StorSimple IncPresident and Co-Founder2009 — 2012
  10. BrocadeVice President, GM Application Delivery Controllers and Files Division2000 — 2009
  11. Brocade CommunicationsVP Software Engineering2000 — 2004
  12. Rhapsody NetworksFounder and VP Engineering2000 — 2002
  13. Starcom Technologies IncFounder and VP of Engineering1995 — 1998Pleasanton, CA
  14. Hewlett-PackardEngineering R&D1988 — 1994MPE and HPUX Kernel Lab

Colleagues at Mayfield Fund

Ajit Gaddam
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Alex Zhou
Managing Partner at Qiming Venture Partners
Alexis Bjorlin
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Amy Chen
Investor at Insight Partners
Anna Constantine
Associate at Telegraph Hill Partners
Apoorv Saxena
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Arvind Gupta
Partner at Mayfield Fund
Barak Turovsky
Investor at Mayfield Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashish Pothireddy?
Ashish Pothireddy joined Silver Lake as an Analyst in 2025. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, earning a B.S. in Economics with a Finance concentration from the Wharton School and a B.A.S. in Computer Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Where does Ashish Pothireddy work?
Ashish Pothireddy is Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund.
Where did Ashish Pothireddy go to school?
Ashish Pothireddy studied at Utah State University (MS, Computer Science); Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Bachelors, Electronics and Communications).

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