Jun Rao
InvestorUnicorn founderCo-founder at Confluent
San Jose, California, United States
FoundedConfluent$11B
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Ken ChenaultunlockedJun: together at IBM Almaden Research Center (1999)
×2Jun: together at Confluent
Jun: together at Tsinghua University
×4Jun: together at Columbia University
About
Jun Rao is a co-founder of Confluent, which he started in 2014, and a committer on the Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra projects. He was previously a Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn and spent a decade as a Research Staff Member at IBM's Almaden Research Center.
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Co-founder at Confluent
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Confluent's investors · 20
468 CapitalBerlin · since 2017Alkeon InnovationNew York · since 2017Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2020Axevil CapitalSan Francisco · since 2017Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2017BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2017Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2020Cusp CapitalEssen · $7.6M checks · since 2017DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks · since 2017Factorial FundsSan Francisco · since 2017Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2017Franklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2020Geodesic CapitalFoster City · since 2017Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2017GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checks · since 2017Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2017Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2015JuniperoMiami · since 2017Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2017Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017
Co-founders at Confluent
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Neha NarkhedeCo-founder; former Chief Technology Officer and board member
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Jay KrepsCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Edward (Jay) KrepsExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Experience
- Confluentco-foundercurrent2014 — present
- The Apache Software FoundationKafka committercurrent2011 — present
- ApacheCassandra committercurrent2009 — present
- LinkedInSenior Staff Software Engineer2010 — 2014
- IBM Almaden Research CenterResearch Staff Member2000 — 2010
- IBM Almaden Research Centersummer intern1999
- MicrosoftResearch intern1998
- Sybase Incsummer intern1997
Skills & more
Hadoop52MapReduce24Databases31Enterprise Architecture10Distributed Systems66Scalability39Big Data22
From Jun's professional profile.
Colleagues at Confluent
Arthur Jason Brauer
Executive Officer at Confluent
Colleen (Wheeler) McCreary
Investor at Ribbit Capital
Jason T. Saghir
Executive Officer at Confluent
Max Kardon
Investor at OpenView Venture Partners
Mike Volpi
Investor at Index Ventures
Neha Narkhede
Co-founder; former Chief Technology Officer and board member at Confluent
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jun Rao?
- Jun Rao is a co-founder of Confluent, which he started in 2014, and a committer on the Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra projects. He was previously a Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn and spent a decade as a Research Staff Member at IBM's Almaden Research Center.
- Where does Jun Rao work?
- Jun Rao is Co-founder of Confluent and co-founder at Confluent.
- What companies did Jun Rao found?
- Jun Rao founded Confluent.
- Where did Jun Rao go to school?
- Jun Rao studied at Columbia University (PhD, computer science); Tsinghua University (B.E, Computer Science).
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LinkedIn mafia114
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Tsinghua University mafia106
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Sybase, Inc. mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Columbia University1,107
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Shared employers
Also worked at LinkedIn271
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaRyan HrabakInvestor at LightbankBen CasnochaSilicon Valley-based entrepreneur, author, and investor
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Also worked at IBM Almaden Research Center1,143
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Also worked at Microsoft1,827
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Sybase Inc23
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