Dhruv Bansal is an entrepreneur and technologist with a background in statistical physics. He earned his PhD from UT Austin, where his research focused on networks, transport, and thermal/statistical processes, often incorporating real-world datasets and programming.
Early in his career, while still at UT Austin, Bansal co-founded Infochimps. The company initially aimed to provide data to the public but evolved into offering a Big Data platform for enterprises.