{{Short description|Indian businessman}} {{Unreliable sources|date=October 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Mohit Aron | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1973}} | birth_place = Pathankot, India | nationality = | alma_mater = IIT Delhi <br>Rice University | title = Founder & CEO of Cohesity<br/>Co-Founder & CTO of Nutanix | net_worth = | boards = | children = | parents = }}

'''Mohit Aron''' (born 1973),{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} is an Indian-American computer scientist, businessman and entrepreneur.

==Early life and education== Aron was born about 1973 and grew up in Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite news |title= How Mohit Aron's Indian Hometown Inspired His Unicorn Company |author= Rich Karlgaard |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2020/12/10/how-mohit-arons-indian-hometown-inspired-his-unicorn-company/ |work= Forbes |date= December 10, 2020 |access-date= December 2, 2021 }}</ref> to a Bania family. He graduated with a bachelor of technology in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-step-with-the-times-iits-accept-stocks-as-alumni-donations-7607755/ |title=In step with the times, IITs accept stocks as alumni donations |date= November 5, 2021 |accessdate=December 2, 2021 |work=The Indian Express }}</ref>

Aron graduated with an MS in 1998 and a PhD in computer science from Rice University in 2001 with a focus on distributed computing.<ref name= "Rice">{{cite web |url= http://alumni.rice.edu/stories/entrepreneur-mohit-aron-98-announces-new-data-storage-startup |title= Entrepreneur Mohit Aron '98 Announces New Data Storage Startup |publisher= Rice University |date= June 17, 2015 |accessdate= December 2, 2021 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150910083119/https://alumni.rice.edu/stories/entrepreneur-mohit-aron-98-announces-new-data-storage-startup |archive-date= September 10, 2015 }}</ref> His advisor was Peter Druschel.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Mohit Aron: Learning to Invent Knowledge |author= Carlyn Chatfield |date=December 12, 2017 |publisher= Rice University CS department |url= https://csprofiles.rice.edu/2017/12/12/aron/ |access-date= December 2, 2021 }}</ref>

==Career== In 2000 he joined a company called Zambeel.

He was a developer on the Google File System engineering project from 2003 to 2007.<ref name="Aroninterview">{{cite web |url = http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/4500255743/Cohesity-founder-Secondary-data-needs-a-new-approach |title= Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach |author = Garry Kranz |date= October 19, 2015 |accessdate= September 6, 2016 |publisher= TechTarget}}</ref>

From 2007 to 2009 he worked at Aster Data Systems.

Aron is a promoter of the term hyper-converged infrastructure.<ref name= "Father HC">{{cite web |url= https://www.networkworld.com/article/940206/happy-fathers-day-from-the-father-of-hyperconvergence.html |title= Happy Father's Day, from the Father of Hyperconvergence |date= June 21, 2015 |access-date= September 6, 2016 |publisher= Network World |author= Bob Brown}}</ref><ref name= "NWW l">{{cite news |url= https://www.networkworld.com/article/940170/google-infused-storage-startup-cohesity-reveals-itself.html |title= Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself |date= June 17, 2015 |author= Bob Brown |publisher = Network World |access-date= December 2, 2021}}</ref>

Aron co-founded Nutanix in 2009.<ref name="CRN">{{cite web |url= http://www.crn.com/news/storage/300081198/storage-startup-cohesity-says-its-attracting-enterprises-unveils-wave-of-features-to-get-more-on-board.htm |title= Storage Startup Cohesity Says It's Attracting Enterprises, Unveils Wave Of Features To Get More On Board | author= Kevin McLaughlin |publisher = CRN Magazine |date = June 29, 2016 |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref>

Aron was recognized by ''CRN Magazine'' in 2012 as one of the Top 25 Innovators of 2012.<ref name= "Top25innovator">{{cite web |url= http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/240142188/the-top-25-innovators-of-2012.htm/pgno/0/7 |title= The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012 |author= Jack McCarthy |publisher= CRN Magazine |date= March 16, 2012 |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref>

Aron founded Cohesity in 2013.<ref name= "Bloomberg">{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=126828586&privcapId=304240322 |title= Company Overview of Cohesity, Inc. |publisher= Bloomberg |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref> In July and August 2016, CRN mentioned Cohesity.<ref name= "need to know">{{cite web| url= http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/300081507/10-storage-emerging-vendors-you-need-to-know-about.htm/pgno/0/2?itc=refresh |title= 10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know About |date= July 28, 2016 |author= Rick Whiting |publisher = CRN Magazine |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name= "Top Disruptors">{{cite web |url= http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/300081555/the-top-25-disrupters-of-2016.htm/pgno/0/19 |title= The Top 25 Disruptors Of 2016 |author= CRN Staff |publisher= CRN Magazine |date= August 2, 2016 |accessdate= September 6, 2016}}</ref>

==See also== *List of IIT Delhi people *List of George R. Brown School of Engineering alumni *List of Internet entrepreneurs

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