VMware, Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2021. An industry veteran, Raghuram is a strategic business leader who currently holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services at the company. Since joining the company in 2003, Raghuram has helped steer the company’s strategic direction and its technology evolution throughout the company’s rich history. He helped grow the core virtualization business, drove the company’s software defined data center strategy, constructed and guided the company’s cloud computing business and SaaS transformation efforts, played a pivotal role in the company’s M&A strategy, and has been key in driving partnerships with Dell Technologies, hyper-scalers and other strategic partners.