Ali ghodsi

Databricks’ Ali Ghodsi Never Wanted to Be CEO. Now He’s Among the Best

Databricks’ Ali Ghodsi Never Wanted to Be CEO. Now He’s Among the Best

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, shares his unconventional rise to leadership, his unique CEO playbook centered on extreme focus on bottlenecks, and how he built Databricks' commercial engine. He details the strategy against Snowflake, the controversial creation of the Lakehouse category, and his views on conflict-averse leadership. Ghodsi also discusses AI's impact on enterprise and organizational design, offering insights from his personal coding experience and operating system.

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.