John Bicket | $1B+
Get in touch with John Bicket | John Bicket, co-founder and CTO of Samsara, turned a PhD-level tech project at MIT into a multibillion-dollar industrial Internet-of-Things company. After earlier selling his first startup, Meraki, to Cisco for $1.2 billion, Bicket teamed up with Sanjit Biswas in 2015 to build Samsara—fusing sensors, AI, and cloud software to monitor fleets, equipment, and field operations across thousands of enterprises. With stakes valued at around $3 billion each post-IPO, Bicket reflects the rare path from academic research to top-tier tech billionaire, while steering product strategy, engineering culture, and long-term innovation at the heart of the connected-operations era.
In 2015 John Bicket and Sanjit Biswas cofounded Samsara,a platform that helps companies with complex operations, like transportation and construction businesses, increase efficiency and improve safety using AI-powered tools.
Bicket serves as the chief technology officer of Samsara, which is based in San Francisco.
Samsara operates in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region; it has more than 20,000 customers.
Biswas and Bicket met at MIT as graduate students.
Before Samsara, the pair cofounded the cloud networking company Meraki, which they sold to Cisco in 2012 for $1.2 billion.
Samsara Inc. is an American IoT company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides software and insights for physical operations. The company has customers across North America and Europe.[1][2] As of fiscal year 2025, Samsara reported approximately $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue.[3] Samsara developed a connected operations cloud platform that provides insights to physical operations organizations in the transportation, construction, energy, utilities, public sector and retail industries, and supports the safety and efficiency of those operations.[4]
Samsara is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IOT”.[5]
Samsara
History
Co-founders Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket met while graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6] The pair founded Samsara in 2015 after selling their previous company, Meraki, to Cisco Systems in 2012.[6][7] Samsara was initially created to provide sensor technology for industrial operations, and Andreessen Horowitz became a Series A round early investor.[8]
Samsara achieved unicorn status in March 2018 after a funding round led to a valuation of over $1B.[9][10] Another funding round later that year rose the valuation to $3.6B backed by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.[11] A Series F funding round saw Samsara's valuation rise to $6.3B with Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group joining for the first time.[12]
Samsara was impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in a reduction to their staff.[13][14]
In February 2019, Samsara introduced new AI dash cameras that use computer vision to interpret road scenes and driving behavior.[15] In February 2021, the startup announced that it had surpassed $300 million in run-rate subscription revenue, serving over 20,000 customers and adding seven new patents.[1][16]
In December 2021, Samsara publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IOT” and the company’s initial public offering raised $805 million.[17] Samsara sold 35 million shares in its initial public offering to raise $805 million at a valuation of $11.5 billion.[5] In December 2023, Samsara surpassed $1 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).[18]
In September 2022, the company added its 200th partner integration on the Samsara App Marketplace.[19][20]
Per CRN and CNBC, Samsara was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work for culture and values in 2023, and among the Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies in 2024,[21][22]
In June 2024, Samsara introduced the Asset Tag, a small tracking device designed to monitor and manage high-value items such as toolboxes and specialized equipment. The Asset Tag utilizes Bluetooth technology and Samsara's network of cloud-connected devices to enable companies to track small assets, with the aim of reducing search time for misplaced items and simplifying inventory management in industries such as transportation, construction, and oil and gas. The company also announced Connected WorkFlows and Connected Training. [23][24]
In fiscal year 2025 (ended January 31, 2025), Samsara reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $1.46 billion, representing 36% year-over-year growth.[25] In June 2025, at its Beyond event, the company announced new AI-powered safety and operations technologies, including AI Multicam for dash cameras, Weather Intelligence, and a wearable safety device.[26]
As of 2024, Samsara’s partners include vehicle manufacturers Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Navistar, EVgo, Stellantis Free2move, Thermo King, DHL, Primoris Services Corporation, Sysco, Home Depot, XPO, Inc., and Frontier Communications, among others.[20][27] Samsara also has a slate of public sector customers, including the City of New Orleans,[28] the City of Boston,[29] the City of Houston, the State of New Jersey,[30] and the State of Tennessee.[31]
Disclaimer: This profile is based on publicly available information. No endorsement or affiliation is implied.
Join UHNWI direct Affiliate Program
Earn Passive Income by Sharing Verified Contact Information of Billionaires, Centi-Millionaires, and Multi-Millionaires on the UHNWI Direct Platform
Maximize your earnings potential by sharing direct and validated contact information of the ultra-wealthy, including billionaires, centi-millionaires, and multi-millionaires. Join the UHNWI Direct platform and tap into a lucrative passive income stream by providing valuable data to those seeking high-net-worth connections. Start earning today with UHNWI Direct.
You may also be interested in reviewing other UHNWIs profiles.
To find the person you want to contact, start typing their name or other relevant tags in the search bar.
Please note: Our database contains over 10,000 direct contacts of UHNWIs, and it is highly likely that the individual you are seeking is already included. However, creating individual profiles for each contact is a meticulous and time-intensive process, So, if you are unable to find the profile of the individual you are looking for, please click here.
Filter by Net Worth: All | Billionaires | Centi-Millionaires | Multi-Millionaires
Filter by Location: All | USA | Canada | Europe | UK | Russia & CIS | Asia | MEIA | Australia | Latin America
Filter by Age: 1920-1930 | 1930-1940 | 1940-1950 | 1950-1960 | 1960-1970 | 1970-1980 | 1980-1990 | 1990-2000
Related People
UHNWI direct
