Daniel Dines

Romanian entrepreneur (born 1972)

Daniel Dines
Dines in 2021
Born
Daniel Solomon Dines

January 1972 (age 52)
Onești, Romania[1]
EducationUniversity of Bucharest
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder, executive chairman and chief innovation officer, UiPath
SpouseAlexandra Dines
Children1

Daniel Solomon Dines (born January 1972)[2] is a Romanian billionaire entrepreneur, and the co-founder and executive chairman of UiPath, a robotic process automation platform. Forbes nicknamed him the Boss of the Bots, becoming the first bot billionaire.[3]

As of March 2024, Dines was the wealthiest person in Romania, with an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion.[4]

Early life

Dines' father was an engineer and his mother a teacher.[5] Dines earned a degree from the University of Bucharest.[4]

Career

Dines worked for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington, US, from 2000 to 2005, then later returned to Romania.[6] Dines started DeskOver in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, and later renamed it UiPath and moved its headquarters to New York City in 2018.[4] He has stated that he wanted UiPath to be a kind of Romanian Google or Facebook.[6]

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Dines donated €1 million to help rebuild Notre-Dame.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Cum a ajuns programatorul Daniel Dines din Onești miliardar pe Wall Street" [How the programmer Daniel Dines from Onești became a billionaire on Wall Street]. Curierul Național (in Romanian). 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Solomon Daniel Dines". Companies House. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire". Forbes. 11 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Forbes profile: Daniel Dines". Forbes. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ Ce rețea de firme deține miliardarul Daniel Dines în România
  6. ^ a b "Istoria fabuloasă a lui Daniel Dines, IT-istul român care a lucrat pentru Microsoft, dar care s-a întors în ţară pentru a crea UiPath, cea mai valoroasă companie pornită în România". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). 20 March 2019.
  7. ^ "UiPath Founder Daniel Dines On The Cover Of Forbes Magazine As The Richest Romanian". Romania Journal (in Romanian). 12 September 2019.

External links

  • Daniel Dines at Crunchbase