Chet Kapoor, Founder of DataStax

About Chet Kapoor

Chet Kapoor served as the former CEO of DataStax from October 2019 to July 2025. Following his tenure at DataStax, he joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) in October 2025 as the vice president of security services and observability. Before DataStax, Kapoor held a position as a vice president at Google.

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• Company: DataStax

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