Daniel Dines
InvestorUnicorn founderCo-founder & CEO at UiPath · Co-Founder & General Partner at Crew Capital
New York, NY
Writes $1M checks
FoundedUiPath$10.2B
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About
Daniel Dines turned a ten-person Bucharest apartment into one of the largest software listings in American history. He founded UiPath in 2005 as DeskOver, after five years as a software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, and built it into the company that defined robotic process automation — software robots that do the repetitive clicking office work is made of. UiPath listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021 at $56 a share, closing its first day worth about $35.8 billion, and now reports $1.6 billion of annual revenue and $1.85 billion of annual recurring revenue, having reached full-year GAAP profitability. He handed the chief executive's seat to a co-CEO in 2022 and took it back alone in June 2024, and remains chairman. He takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 a year — and has taken no equity grant since before the listing.
Invests in
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS
Beyond investing
- Education
- Took a master's degree at the University of Bucharest.
- More
- Moved to a co-chief-executive arrangement in 2022 and resumed sole CEO on 1 June 2024; he is also chairman. Takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 for fiscal 2026 — and has received no equity grant since before the listing.
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Co-founder & CEO at UiPath
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Experience
- UiPathCEO & Foundercurrent2005 — presentBucharest, Romania
- Crew CapitalCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- MicrosoftSDE2001 — 2005
- CrinsoftDeveloper Lead1996 — 2001
Skills & more
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WPFWCFCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentWin32 APISoftware EngineeringOOPScrumAgile MethodologiesDesign PatternsMobile ApplicationsSoftware DesignFrom Daniel's professional profile.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Daniel DinesDaniel Dines, UiPath CEO & Founder: Why Agents Do Not Mean RPA is F*** | E1240
20VC with Harry Stebbings
Combination of AI and automation is very powerful, says UiPath CEO Daniel Dines
cnbc.com
Daniel Dines, UiPath | UiPath Fusion 2025
SiliconANGLE theCUBE
Conversation with Daniel Dines, Founder & CEO of UiPath
RAISE Summit
UiPath ft. Daniel Dines - From Bootstrapping in Bucharest to One of Software’s Biggest IPOs
Sequoia Capital
From Tiny Romanian Startup to Global AI Automation Leader | Daniel Dines, CEO of UIPath
The MAD Podcast with Matt Turck
Colleagues at Crew Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Dines?
- Daniel Dines turned a ten-person Bucharest apartment into one of the largest software listings in American history. He founded UiPath in 2005 as DeskOver, after five years as a software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, and built it into the company that defined robotic process automation — software robots that do the repetitive clicking office work is made of. UiPath listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021 at $56 a share, closing its first day worth about $35.8 billion, and now reports $1.6 billion of annual revenue and $1.85 billion of annual recurring revenue, having reached full-year GAAP profitability. He handed the chief executive's seat to a co-CEO in 2022 and took it back alone in June 2024, and remains chairman. He takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 a year — and has taken no equity grant since before the listing.
- Where does Daniel Dines work?
- Daniel Dines is Co-founder & CEO of UiPath and Co-Founder & General Partner at Crew Capital.
- What does Daniel Dines invest in?
- Daniel Dines invests in Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Daniel Dines write?
- Daniel Dines typically writes checks of $1M.
- What companies did Daniel Dines found?
- Daniel Dines founded UiPath.
- Where did Daniel Dines go to school?
- Daniel Dines studied at University of Bucharest (MS, Mathematics and Computer Science).
- What podcasts and interviews feature Daniel Dines?
- Tracked appearances include "Daniel Dines, UiPath CEO & Founder: Why Agents Do Not Mean RPA is F*** | E1240", "Combination of AI and automation is very powerful, says UiPath CEO Daniel Dines", "Daniel Dines, UiPath | UiPath Fusion 2025", and 3 more.
Founder mafias
University of Bucharest mafia10
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Shared employers
Also worked at UiPath45
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Also worked at Microsoft1,855
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