Frank Slootman is the CEO of the cloud-based data storage company Snowflake. During the pandemic, he oversaw the public offering of his company which opened at double that its list-price which turned Slootman along with other members of the company into billionaires.  

Quick Facts: Frank Slootman

The newly made billionaire has also been the CEO of the company over a period in which it has doubled its revenue and seen its stock reach peak prices. 

Frank Slootman, CEO of @SnowflakeDB sat down with @CNBC and @Livongo to discuss how to move #AI and #ML from theory into practice. How? By getting data out of narrow silos and into the hands of more employees and consumers. Full #video here:

— Snowflake (@SnowflakeDB) November 6, 2019

10 Facts About Frank Slootman

1. Frank Slootman was born on October 3, 1958, and is 61 years old as of September 2020. 
2. Forbes reports that Slootman became a billionaire with a net worth of $1.8 billion in September 2020 as Snowflake shares soared 115% in the IPO. 
3. There is no Wiki page dedicated to Frank but you can read all about the CEO in this article. 
4. He has chosen to keep information about his wife or relationships in the public media. 
5. Frank joined Snowflake in May 2019 and has since become one of their spearheads.
6. At the time of his inauguration as CEO, he said that the company would try to offer IPOs as early as summer 2020 but the offering got pushed back. 
7. The company finally made an IPO on September 16, 2020, and their list price was $120 per share but they got double that as the shares closed at $253.93 per share and 28 million shares were sold. 
8. The market valuation of Snowflake has Skyrocketed at $70 Billion. It made history in the process by becoming the largest IPO to double on its first day of trading till now (September 2020.)
9. Not much is known about the billionaire CEO’s parents other than, they are from Holland.
10. As such, he is a Hollander as per his nationality and is of mixed ethnicity.