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Sohaib Abbasi
Director/Board Member at
COURSERA, INC.
Net worth: 1 M $ as of 31/05/2026
Profile
Sohaib Abbasi is Chairman at Forecast ApS since 2021.
Director at Sauce Labs, Inc. since 2022.
Independent Director at Coursera, Inc. starting 2026.
Director at Elasticsearch, Inc. Formerly Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Informatica Corp.
from 2004 to 2015.
President & Chief Executive Officer at Informatica, Inc. (California) from 2004 to 2016.
Chairman at Informatica LLC from 2015 to 2016.
Chairman at Informatica Holdco, Inc. from 2015 to 2016.
Chairman at Peakon ApS from 2020 to 2021.
Independent Chairman at Udemy, Inc. from 2023 to 2026.
Vice Chairman at Elastic NV from 2022 to 2025.
Independent Director at Red Hat, Inc. from 2011 to 2019.
Independent Director at New Relic, Inc. from 2016 to 2019.
Lead Independent Director at Nutanix, Inc. in 2020.
Independent Director at McAfee Corp.
from 2018 to 2022.
Executive Council at Balderton Capital (UK) LLP from 2018 to 2023.
Senior Vice President-Tools & Education Division at Oracle Corp.
from 2001 to 2003.
Director at StreamSets, Inc. and McAfee LLC.
Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
COURSERA INC 0.04% | 11/06/2026 | 125,597 ( 0.04% ) | 676 968 $ | 31/05/2026 |
ELASTIC NV 0.01% | 21/08/2025 | 8,574 ( 0.01% ) | 554 738 $ | 31/05/2026 |
Sohaib Abbasi active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| COURSERA, INC. | Director/Board Member | 11/05/2026 |
Sauce Labs, Inc.
 Sauce Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based testing platform for developers | Director/Board Member | 18/10/2022 |
Forecast ApS
 Forecast ApS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides SaaS project and portfolio management software | Chairman | 01/05/2021 |
Elasticsearch, Inc.
 Elasticsearch, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software solutions for making structured and unstructured data usable in real time for search, logging, security and analytics | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Sohaib Abbasi
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| UDEMY, INC. | Chairman | 11/05/2026 |
| ELASTIC N.V. | Director/Board Member | 30/09/2025 |
Balderton Capital (UK) LLP
 Balderton Capital (UK) LLP Investment ManagersFinance Balderton Capital invests in companies located in Europe. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, late and growth stage capital requirements. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/06/2023 |
| MCAFEE CORP. | Director/Board Member | 01/03/2022 |
Peakon ApS
 Peakon ApS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides human resource software tools | Chairman | 01/03/2021 |
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 20 |
|---|---|
Oracle Corp.
 Oracle Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based enterprise applications and infrastructure technologies & license, hardware and IT services | Technology Services |
Informatica LLC
 Informatica LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI-powered data management platform | Technology Services |
Red Hat, Inc.
 Red Hat, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI inference built for enterprise workloads | Technology Services |
Balderton Capital (UK) LLP
Balderton Capital (UK) LLP Investment ManagersFinance Balderton Capital invests in companies located in Europe. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, late and growth stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Sauce Labs, Inc.
Sauce Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based testing platform for developers | Technology Services |
New Relic, Inc.
 New Relic, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops stack monitoring, data observation and security platform | Technology Services |
Udemy, Inc.
 Udemy, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides online video courses platform services | Technology Services |
Nutanix, Inc.
 Nutanix, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Operates enterprise cloud platform that converges traditional silos of server, virtualization and storage into one integrated solution | Technology Services |
Coursera, Inc.
 Coursera, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online education platform for students and enterprises | Technology Services |
Elastic NV
 Elastic NV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Operates as a data analytics company | Technology Services |
StreamSets, Inc.
 StreamSets, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides data integration services for modern analytics | Commercial Services |
Peakon ApS
Peakon ApS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides human resource software tools | Commercial Services |
Forecast ApS
Forecast ApS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides SaaS project and portfolio management software | Technology Services |
Informatica Holdco, Inc.
 Informatica Holdco, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software services | Technology Services |
Elasticsearch, Inc.
Elasticsearch, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software solutions for making structured and unstructured data usable in real time for search, logging, security and analytics | Technology Services |
Informatica Corp.
 Informatica Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides cyber security and education programs solutions | Technology Services |
McAfee LLC
 McAfee LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides data protection and VPN technology services & PC application for online privacy | Technology Services |
University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign
 University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
McAfee Corp.
 McAfee Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an AI powered and cybersecurity solutions for people, businesses and governments worldwide | Technology Services |
Informatica, Inc. (California)
 Informatica, Inc. (California) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops data management cloud platform | Technology Services |
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