Zoho’s Vembu passes CEO baton to Shailesh Kumar Davey

Tenkasi: Sridhar Vembu touted among India’s top-50 richest and the founder of Zoho Corp announced a massive corporate rejig. As part of the rejig, Vembu shared that he was stepping down as the company’s CEO.
According to post on X, Vembu will continue as the company’s chief scientist while passing on the CEO-baton to Shailesh Kumar Davey.
The Indian Padma awardee is likely to oversee deep-research and development initiatives.
In his X post, Vembu clarified, “In view of the various challenges and opportunities facing us, including recent major developments in AI, it has been decided that it is best that I should focus full time on R&D initiatives, along with pursuing my personal rural development mission.”
He further added, “Our co-founder Tony Thomas will lead Zoho US. Rajesh Ganesan will lead our ManageEngine division and Mani Vembu will lead the Zoho.com division.”
The maverick entrepreneur who started his professional life with Qualcomm as a wireless engineer in California moved to Tenkasi in 2019.
With Zoho rumoured to enter chip-making, this corporate rejig is likely to spur the organisation towards more innovative products and offerings.