Daniel Dines

Daniel Dines
Daniel Dines
	Dines in 2021
Born	Daniel Solomon Dines; January 1972 (age 53); Onești, Romania
Education	University of Bucharest
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Co-founder, executive chairman and chief innovation officer, UiPath
Spouse	Alexandra Dines
Children	1

Daniel Solomon Dines (born January 1972)^[2] is a Romanian billionaire entrepreneur, and the co-founder and executive chairman of UiPath, a robotic process automation platform. Forbes nicknamed him the Boss of the Bots, becoming the first bot billionaire.^[3]

As of March 2024, Dines was the wealthiest person in Romania, with an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion.^[4]

Early life

Dines' father was an engineer and his mother a teacher.^[5] Dines earned a degree from the University of Bucharest.^[4] He was a self-taught programmer.^[3]

Career

Dines worked for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington, US, from 2000 to 2005, then later returned to Romania.^[6] Dines started DeskOver in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, and later renamed it UiPath and moved its headquarters to New York City in 2018.^[4] He has stated that he wanted UiPath to be a kind of Romanian Google or Facebook.^[6]

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Dines donated €1 million to help rebuild Notre-Dame.^[7]

References

^ "Cum a ajuns programatorul Daniel Dines din Onești miliardar pe Wall Street" [How the programmer Daniel Dines from Onești became a billionaire on Wall Street]. Curierul Național (in Romanian). 24 April 2021.
^ "UiPath, la licorne roumaine partie à la conquête de Wall Street" [UiPath, the Romanian unicorn set to conquer Wall Street]. Challenges (in French). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Konrad, Alex (11 September 2019). "From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire". Forbes.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Forbes profile: Daniel Dines". Forbes. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ Ce rețea de firme deține miliardarul Daniel Dines în România
^ ^a ^b "Istoria fabuloasă a lui Daniel Dines, IT-istul român care a lucrat pentru Microsoft, dar care s-a întors în ţară pentru a crea UiPath, cea mai valoroasă companie pornită în România". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). 20 March 2019.
^ "UiPath Founder Daniel Dines On The Cover Of Forbes Magazine As The Richest Romanian". Romania Journal (in Romanian). 12 September 2019.

External links

Daniel Dines at Crunchbase

[1] "Cum a ajuns programatorul Daniel Dines din Onești miliardar pe Wall Street" [How the programmer Daniel Dines from Onești became a billionaire on Wall Street]. Curierul Național (in Romanian). 24 April 2021.

[2] "UiPath, la licorne roumaine partie à la conquête de Wall Street" [UiPath, the Romanian unicorn set to conquer Wall Street]. Challenges (in French). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[Forbes2-3] Konrad, Alex (11 September 2019). "From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire". Forbes.

[Forbes_profile-4] "Forbes profile: Daniel Dines". Forbes. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[5] Ce rețea de firme deține miliardarul Daniel Dines în România

[ZiarulFinanciar-6] "Istoria fabuloasă a lui Daniel Dines, IT-istul român care a lucrat pentru Microsoft, dar care s-a întors în ţară pentru a crea UiPath, cea mai valoroasă companie pornită în România". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). 20 March 2019.

[7] "UiPath Founder Daniel Dines On The Cover Of Forbes Magazine As The Richest Romanian". Romania Journal (in Romanian). 12 September 2019.

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