Founder Profile
Neha Narkhede
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Neha Narkhede?
Neha Narkhede is a founder of Confluent, which was founded in 2014 with Jay Kreps and Jun Rao.
- Company founded
- Confluent
- Founded
- 2014
- Co-founders
- Jay Kreps and Jun Rao
Founding Story
Neha Narkhede co-founded Confluent in 2014, previously serving as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer. At LinkedIn, she co-created Apache Kafka and designed distributed streams infrastructure. She co-authored the definitive O'Reilly book 'Kafka: The Definitive Guide' and holds an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a BS from the University of Pune.
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