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Chetan Puttagunta

AddedMar 31, 2024

UpdatedJun 1, 2026

Chetan Puttagunta

Chetan Puttagunta

Chairman, Elastic

Chetan Puttagunta's Career

Elastic

Mountain View, CA, US

Chairman

Numeral

San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Benchmark

San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Folloze

Palo Alto, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Placester

Boston, MA, US

Board Member· Board

Heap

San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Reltio

Redwood City, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Automation Anywhere

Automation Anywhere

San Jose, CA, US

Board Member· Board

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Chetan Puttagunta's Career

Elastic

Public$162M2.9k2012Mountain View, CA, US

Chairman

Recent news

Elastic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 Financial ResultsBusiness Wire · 2026

Elastic Delivers GPU InfrastructureYahoo Finance · 2026

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Carly RichmondDeveloper Advocate Lead

Shay BanonFounder and Chief Technology Officer

Ash KulkarniChief Executive Officer

Sohaib AbbasiVice Chairman

Shelley B. LeibowitzIndependent Director

Caryn MarooneyIndependent Director

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