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# Sameer K. Gandhi
Sameer K. Gandhi is a Partner at Accel, where he joined in 2008 and focuses on investments in consumer, cloud/SaaS, cybersecurity, and media companies.[[2]](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/about-us/board-of-directors/sameer-gandhi/)[[6]](https://www.accel.com/team/sameer-gandhi) He has led Accel's investments in high-profile companies including CrowdStrike (CRWD), Dropbox (DBX), Flipkart, Freshworks (FRSH), Spotify (SPOT), and others such as Bonobos, Diapers.com, Jet, Plex, and Venmo.[[2]](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/about-us/board-of-directors/sameer-gandhi/)[[3]](https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/sameer-gandhi)[[5]](https://www.vcsheet.com/who/sameer-gandhi) Prior to Accel, Gandhi spent nearly 10 years as a Partner at Sequoia Capital.[[3]](https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/sameer-gandhi) He serves as a director and 10% owner of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD), where he has been an independent director since 2013, and recently engaged in insider transactions including 17 sells and 1 buy over the past five years as of June 2025.[[1]](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/128736/sameer-k-gandhi)[[7]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/SAMEER-GANDHI-A04DK9/) He is also a director and 10% owner of Freshworks Inc. (FRSH) since 2019, with 6 buys and no sells reported.[[1]](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/128736/sameer-k-gandhi)
Gandhi holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering, an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[[2]](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/about-us/board-of-directors/sameer-gandhi/)[[6]](https://www.accel.com/team/sameer-gandhi) As of June 2025, his estimated net worth exceeds $2.8 billion, primarily from ownership of approximately 5.78 million CRWD shares valued at $2.7 billion and 3.5 million FRSH shares worth $52 million.[[1]](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/128736/sameer-k-gandhi) He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves on boards of private companies like Aura, Orum, Public, and World View Enterprises.[[4]](https://ffnews.com/people/sameer-gandhi/)[[5]](https://www.vcsheet.com/who/sameer-gandhi)[[7]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/SAMEER-GANDHI-A04DK9/)
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