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How this high-tech data-storage company builds passion, inside and out

MASS APPEAL “We want employees who know there’s so much more to build,” says Pandey, whose company provides data storage for San Francisco’s BART transportation system.

DHEERAJ PANDEY

CO-FOUNDER, CEO

2016 PATENT SCORE 28

2016 REVENUE $444.9 MILLION

ANY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY NEEDS customer satisfaction. Expecting customer adoration, especially for a back-end IT provider, seems less realistic.

Yet that hasn’t stopped Dheeraj Pandey, co-founder and CEO of Nutanix. “Ambition and attention to detail have

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