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Mike Olson

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder; CEO (2008-2013); Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (2013-) at Cloudera

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedCloudera$5.3B

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Bryan BischofunlockedMike: together at Datakind (2016–2017)
×2Mike: together at Informix Software
×9Mike: together at Cloudera

Co-Founder; CEO (2008-2013); Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (2013-) at Cloudera

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Cloudera's investors · 15

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2009Dag VenturesPalo AltoGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2010GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksIntel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2014Lobby CapitalPalo AltoManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkNext Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksOpen Field CapitalNew YorkRising TidePacificaSilver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2014Underscore VCBostonVertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks

Co-founders at Cloudera

AAAmr Awadallah
Amr AwadallahCo-Founder; former CTO
CB
Christophe BiscigliaCo-Founder
JH
Jeff HammerbacherCo-Founder; former Chief Scientist
OOOwen O'Malley
Owen O'MalleyFounding team member (early Hadoop architect)

Experience

  1. LGND AI, Inc.Member Board of Directorscurrent2026 — present
  2. AIMATXMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  3. AIMATXBusiness Advisor2024 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  4. CitysideChairman Of The Boardcurrent2020 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  5. OpenCorporatesTrustee2018 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
  6. Cloudera FoundationBoard Member2017 — 2021California
  7. ClouderaChief Strategy Officer (CSO)2019Palo Alto, California
  8. ClouderaBoard Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer2013 — 2019
  9. ClouderaCEO and Founder2008 — 2013
  10. DataKindChairman of the Board2014 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
  11. Oracle CorporationVice President, Embedded Technologies2006 — 2008
  12. Sleepycat SoftwareCEO1998 — 2006
  13. Molecular Applications GroupVice President, Engineering1996 — 1997
  14. Informix SoftwareDirector, Datablades Business Unit1996 — 1997
  15. Illustra Information TechnologiesArchitect1993 — 1997
  16. IllustraArchitect1993 — 1995
  17. BrittonLee/SharebaseSoftware Engineer1986 — 1988

Skills & more

Sales29Enterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingHadoopBig DataBusiness Modeling28DatabasesScalability71Awesomeness11

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Olson?
Co-Founder; CEO (2008-2013); Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (2013-) at Cloudera
Where does Mike Olson work?
Mike Olson is Co-Founder; CEO (2008-2013); Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (2013-) of Cloudera.
What companies did Mike Olson found?
Mike Olson founded Cloudera.
Where did Mike Olson go to school?
Mike Olson studied at University of California, Berkeley (MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (BA, Computer Science).

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Also worked at LGND AI, Inc.1

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