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Saket Modi
Born (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34)
Calcutta, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materLakshmipat Singhania Academy,
LNM Institute of Information Technology
Occupation(s)CEO and Co-founder, Lucideus

Saket Modi (born 31st July, 1990) is a Palo Alto-based entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Lucideus, an enterprise cyber security platforms company backed by Cisco's former Chairman and CEO John Chambers. Saket has been featured in the 40 under 40 list of Fortune Magazine, 35 under 35 list of Entrepreneur Magazine and 30 under 30 list of Forbes (magazine).

Early life

Born and raised in Calcutta, India, Saket attended his primary school education at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and earned a degree in technology from the LNM Institute of Information Technology in 2009. Saket is also a pianist and holds a degree from the Royal Schools of Music, London on the Grand Piano.

Career

In 2012, Saket Modi teamed up with his friends Vidit Baxi and Rahul Tyagi and started Lucideus.

In 2013, Lucideus opened its first office in New Delhi and subsequently, opened other 5 offices in Bombay, Bangalore, Boston, Palo Alto and New York.

Saket’s team has been responsible for the security assessment of the BHIM, an Aadhaar-based mobile payment platform designed by National Payments Corporation of India and launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 31st December 2016.

Awards and recognition

Year Award Awarding organization Ref
2019 Entrepreneur of the Year Entrepreneur (magazine)
2019 40 under 40 Fortune (magazine)
2017 40 under 40 Business World
2017 35 under 35 Entrepreneur (magazine)
2017 20 under 26 Vogue (magazine)
2016 30 under 30 Forbes India
2016 30 under 30 Forbes Asia
2014 Indian Ambassador of Cybersecurity Government of India

References

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  4. ^ "A Password To Security - Saket Modi, 26, Founder, Lucideus TECH". Entrepreneur (magazine). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ Dhamija, Anshul (18 February 2018). "30 Under 30: Saket Modi - Hacking and securing the world wide web". Forbes India. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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  10. S, Shanthi (3 December 2019). "Lucideus Bags $7 Mn Funding To Become India's Most Valuable Cybersecurity Startup". Inc42. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  11. "Saket Modi, the millennial who keeps your data on the BHIM app safe". Business Standard. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  12. "NPCI hires cybersecurity consultants to protect systems". The Economic Times. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  13. "Entrepreneur of the Year in Service Business - CyberSecurity". Entrepreneur India.
  14. Dar, Vaishali (10 November 2017). "Running a Startup is One of the Most Simplest Things a Person Can Do". Business World. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  15. Bains, Pahull (9 February 2017). "Meet the 20 people under the age of 26 you need to know about". Vogue (magazine). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  16. "U30 Summit Asia 2019". Forbes under 30 summit Asia. issuu. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  17. "Hacking iPhone difficult but not impossible: Saket Modi at India TV's special show on mobile hacking". India TV. New Delhi. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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