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Matei Zaharia

Executive officer, director and promoter at Databricks.

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Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Aug 27, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Matei Zaharia

Matei Zaharia is an executive officer, director and promoter at Databricks.

Matei Zaharia first appears on SEC filings in 2013.

Experience

This experience comes from Matei Zaharia's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Matei Zaharia in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

University of California, Berkeley Current
Associate Professor of Computer Science
2023 – Present
Databricks, Inc. Current
CTO & Cofounder (2013 – Present)
Director
2013 – Present · San Francisco, CA
Software for organizations to analyze data and build AI applications.
The Apache Software Foundation Current
VP, Apache Spark
2009 – Present
Stanford University
Associate Professor of Computer Science
2016 – 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
2015 – 2016
UC Berkeley
Computer Science PhD Student
2007 – 2013
Facebook
Software Engineer Intern
2008
Google
Software Engineer Intern
2007
University of Waterloo
Research Assistant
2004 – 2007

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Matei Zaharia works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Databricks, Inc. · Form D, Aug 27, 2026
AG
Ali Ghodsi
Executive officer, director and promoter
IS
Ion Stoica
Executive officer, director and promoter
TP
Tram Phi
Executive officer
PS
ED
Elena Donio
Director
DC
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
SS
BH
Ben Horowitz
Director

Sources

  1. SECDatabricks, Inc. Form D, filed Aug 27, 2026