Acquisitions

Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

In a conversation with a16z, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and co-founder Ben Horowitz share pivotal stories and lessons from building Databricks. They cover Ali's transition to CEO, the strategies behind scaling an intense yet sustainable culture, the art of high-stakes dealmaking with giants like Microsoft, and the mindset required to turn down lucrative acquisition offers to build a trillion-dollar company.