Michael Baum (entrepreneur)

Michael Baum
Born
Michael Joseph Baum

May 28, 1962 (1962-05-28) (age 63)
EducationWharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.)
Drexel University (BSc.)
Occupation(s)Businessman, investor, software engineer
Known forFounder & CEO of Founder.org
Board member of Gemini Data
Co-founder & CEO of Splunk
Founder of Big Data Supper Club
Co-founder of Collation
VP e-Commerce at Yahoo!
Co-founder & COO of DotBank
VP e-Commerce at Disney
Co-founder & CEO of 280
Co-founder & CEO of Pensoft
Co-founder & CTO at Reality
CEO & Propriétaire at Chateau de Pommard
Parent(s)Mardell A. Baum
Richard L. Baum, Sr.
Websitefounder.org

Michael Baum (born May 28, 1962) is an American businessman and investor. He is best known as the founder & CEO of Splunk, a big data software technology used for understanding machine-generated data primarily for systems management, security forensics, compliance reporting and real-time operational intelligence. Baum is the founder of six technology start-ups, five of which have been acquired and one (NASDAQ: SPLK) which went public. He has also been a venture capital investor with Rembrandt Venture Partners, Advent International and Crosspoint Venture Partners. Baum graduated with a computer science degree from Drexel University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In September 2014, Baum became CEO & Propriétaire of Château de Pommard, a Burgundy winery established in 1726.