Founder Profile
Ankur Kothari
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Ankur Kothari?
Ankur Kothari is a founder of Automation Anywhere, which was founded in 2003 with Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta Shukla and Rushabh Parmani.
- Company founded
- Automation Anywhere
- Founded
- 2003
- Co-founders
- Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta Shukla and Rushabh Parmani
Background
Ankur Kothari came out of enterprise software sales and revenue operations, and built the commercial organisation that carried Automation Anywhere from a small Silicon Valley company into regulated global accounts. He served as chief revenue officer during the company's first institutional funding round in 2018.
Founding Story
Ankur Kothari is a co-founder of Automation Anywhere and its chief operating officer, and sits on the board. He started the company in 2003 with Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta Shukla and Rushabh Parmani, and has held several executive roles over two decades, including chief revenue officer and chief customer and strategy officer. He now runs day-to-day operations as the company shifts from rule-based robotic process automation to agentic process automation, and he has been the public voice for its growth in India, where demand has moved from global capability centres to Indian boardrooms. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Automation Anywhere Reports 61% of Q4 Software Bookings from AI (Q4 FY2026 results) (Automation Anywhere)
- Automation Anywhere Reports Continued Double-Digit Growth in Q2 FY27 (Automation Anywhere)