When I decided to sever my ties with SAP, my wife was six-months pregnant with our second child. Most high-end penthouses in large cities tend to be multiple stories. Alejandro: Really interesting here. Listen to what everybody has to say. I thought, Wow. : Why did you go about bootstrapping rather than perhaps taking a look at financing the operation? : You scaled this up to 250 million before you accepted external financing, so how was that process? Then slowly over the years expanded to other regions of the globe. Are you on Twitter or any other platforms? I would like to describe it as a bit chaotic, but a very functional democracy. So walk us through the process of how you came up with this idea, and how did you incubate it all the way to fruition? There is no one path to success. Alejandro: Of course. Thats what explains our existence and our success. Shah, a naturalized U.S. citizen, also has spoken out in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, in part because a handful of his employees are immigrants living in the country illegally who were brought here as children and rely on DACA protections to remain in the U.S. As a business owner that helps you, serves you, and it never hurts to be fluent with numbers. Shah noted that only a handful of SAP's 20,000 partners achieve Solution Extensions status. Today, we have someone that has done something remarkable, which is bootstrapping from nothing to 250 million. Then we also have professional services to implement our software. Alejandro: Yeah. : Thats right. I think you have to be your own advisor and your own decisionmaker. Sanjay Shah: Okay. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash. You have your supply chain and your factories and you make stuff, and after you've made that stuff, how do you take it to market? Growth is hard, [laughter] to say the least. Sanjay's Email. An entrepreneur cant say, Yeah, Im also on a double-duty and be able to sell into the enterprise. So without further ado, Id like to welcome our guest today to the show. (Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune). Thank you, Alejandro. You spend time in classrooms learning about things, but spending time on the shop floor learning how actually products are put together, how they are transported, how the logistics work in terms of the distribution networks of large companies. A dark tale about the nature of stories themselves. Everybodys journey is unique, and everybodys circumstances are unique. There are so many different constituencies at SAP to find the right balance to bring all of these together for hem to cheer for you. Spotlight Directory Sanjay Shah '89 MBA, Founder, CEO & Chief Architect, Vistex, Inc. Sanjay Shah is a tech entrepreneur, Founder, and CEO of enterprise software company Vistex. Walk us through some of those days. : I hired people that had the technical skills to help me write the software. : Im happy to say that over the past 20 years of our existence, weve always grown every single year despite having been through two recessions. You and your wife are aligned. To this day, continue not to be addressed adequately in the ERP System. New video: https://vistex.link/2EQs - SAP's Tom Roberts and Vistex Inc CEO & Founder, Sanjay Shah, discuss today's announcement that #SAP has made a strategic investment in Vistex. So, life was great. We dont have venture funding or angel funding to go launch ourselves in a big fashion to let the world know that were out there. Sanjay Shah is a tech entrepreneur, Founder, CEO & Chief Architect of Vistex, making sure it all adds up for our customers. : Really interesting here. And overnight, they literally go belly-up. Contact: Mr. Alex Dehnert Communications Manager Vistex, Inc. 2300 Barrington Road, Suite 550 Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 Phone: 847-490-0420 alex.dehnert@vistex.com SOURCE Vistex, Inc. Alejandro: So originally, Sanjay, you were born in Mumbai, India. As an R&D leader in the ERP world, Sanjay also knew that this type of solution wasn't on anyone else's roadmap. An entrepreneur cant say, Yeah, Im also on a double-duty and be able to sell into the enterprise. An Indian immigrant, Sanjay Shah bootstrap story began when he left Mumbai, India to attend Lehigh Universitys business school, earning his MBA in 1989 at the age of 21. Sanjay Shah (CEO, Vistex) talks about recasting their pitch after having grown to over 1,600 employees and 20+ years in the business. We were lucky that in our initial years, our go-to-market partner was SAP, and enterprise software was virtually nascent, and SAP was selling hand over fist. The Vistex management team includes Sanjay Shah (Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Architect), Christopher Cutro (Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Success), and Arun Roy (Chief Financial Officer) . And you need professional sales help. You spend time in classrooms learning about things, but spending time on the shop floor learning how actually products are put together, how they are transported, how the logistics work in terms of the distribution networks of large companies. What was going on through your mind? This whole Cloud Revolution, we feel that we are a bit behind in this regard in terms of being out there and being perceived more as a company that can do equally well with our cloud offerings. And I joined in an analyst position, which meant I was able to get close to the shop floor. Alejandro: Very cool. That really has helped us grow because we started out with SAP North America first. The first type of software in supply chain that was the first of its kind back then. As I said, I was living in a bit of a bubble. That has been the biggest bump. It's how he presented and conducted himself and the arguments he (made). WASHINGTON, DC: Sanjay Shah, 46, the founder and CEO of Vistex, a computer software company, has bought the most expensive condominium in Chicago's real estate history, a penthouse on the 89 th . In many instances, its like a 24-month sales cycle. Alejandro: Sanjay, what is the way that you guys make money with this? Sanjay Shah: The biggest bump in the journey has been this whole Cloud Revolution that customers no longer want to buy software and then run it themselves in their IT shops. In many instances, its like a 24-month sales cycle. Those are the revenue streams for us. I was one of the spearheads of that. So I ended up taking a job at Pricewaterhouse as a staff auditor right after I graduated from grad school. Would you mind expanding a bit more on that, Sanjay? For the people that are listening, Sanjay, what is the best way for them to reach out and say hi? I think sometimes, even when entrepreneurs reach a certain level of success, they feel that theyve mastered their domain, or they know what they need to do. You need a lot of focus and dedication and a lot of persistence. The privately held company's annual revenue totals $220 million, according to Shah, who is perhaps better known for his 2014 purchase of the $17 million, 14,000-square-foot penthouse atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Enterprise sales require a lot of persistence and a lot of fortitude to stay in the race for the longer term. Software maker Vistex announced it has raised $65 million in funding from Accel-KKR, a private equity firm based in Silicon Valley. But you should seek input and feedback from everybody. What worked for one person may not necessarily work for you. Alejandro: You guys were bootstrapping this. Sanjay Shah: I was there for roughly two and a half years. : I think the next thing Ive learned is always to learn to learn. Fortunately, I had a view from the inside as well, having been one of the earliest employees of SAP. Person A said I should do this, and Person B said I should do this. I did have a word with her, and she thought Id lost my mind because as you can imagine, being one of the first employees of SAP, I had a very good package with them including some stupendous stock options, which I would have to get rid of or liquidate. I think that has been a bit of a challenge for us having built a business on licensing software and all the follow-on revenue that comes as a result of that has been a bit of a bump for us. What does the future look like for Vistex? The Founder, CEO and Chief Architect of enterprise software company Vistex, Sanjay Shah is a global businessman who has bootstrapped the company from its conception to its current role as a vital partner to worldwide titans like Apple, Walmart, 3M, Turner, Dell and Bayer. Then from what I hear, it seems it was more you build it; you build something great and something that people would like to use, and then theyre going to come. What were the immediate steps to bring this to life? Sanjay Shah is the founder and CEO of Vistex which is an enterprise software company, providing solutions to drive customer growth and partner relations. If youd like to do it, you can do it, but our R&D is in Germany, and youll have to do it here. And I wanted to move back to the U.S. My family wanted to move back to the U.S. Constituency allowance Rs 18,000. What did you experience? Recently the company raised $65 million from Accel-KKR. That is more than a fulltime job in and of itself. Vistex also sells its applications to customers who aren't SAP customers. This is pretty cool. Thats how I ended up working for them. They decided to hire me, but they said, The only position we have open for you in Operations is in Canada. I said, Ill take it.. Click Here For Sanjay D Shah's Last Known Address 7 Cutters Run, South Barrington, IL 60010 1106 Kingston Ct, Glendale Heights, IL 60139 744 W Bristol St, Elkhart, IN 46514. Shah was born in 1970 in Marylebone, London. Also, remember, if you need any help whether it is with your fundraising efforts or with selling your business, you can reach me at [emailprotected]. We kicked things off about a month ago. Its long. Vistex is the established industry leader with nearly $250 million in revenue in 2018, and despite two recessions, has expanded its operations globally and its portfolio across 14 industries. We were lucky that in our initial years, our go-to-market partner was SAP, and enterprise software was virtually nascent, and SAP was selling hand over fist. Home / Companies / News / Salaries increase for top mutual fund CEOs. Sanjay Shah, of South Barrington, is the founder and CEO of Vistex, a software company based in Hoffman Estates. So again, working with SAP, such a gigantic organization has its set of challenges, and there have been several lessons learned. Listen to what everybody has to say. Sanjay Shah, founder and CEO of Vistex, is photographed Dec. 8, 2014 in the penthouse atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower he owns. Sanjay Shah (born September 11, 1970 in London) is a Dubai-based British businessman. I guess I'm a small example of that. Perhaps they will also appreciate it. It is important that we strike a partnership with a very large player that can give you a tremendous amount of reach into the marketplace globally, and SAP was a natural partner for us because they have thousands and thousands of feet on the street. When I decided to sever my ties with SAP, my wife was six-months pregnant with our second child. Sanjay Shah is the founder and CEO of Vistex which is an enterprise software company, providing solutions to drive customer growth and partner relations. Under Sanjay's leadership, Vistex has grown into a global organization dedicated to transforming how businesses across multiple industries bring their products and services to market by taking control of mission-critical processes. So then what happens after you make the decision. Today, we have someone that has done something remarkable, which is bootstrapping from nothing to 250 million. Alejandro: What was your biggest learning or lesson from working with them? Business school in the U.S. is a draw for a lot of aspiration, and I succumbed to that draw if you will. Then from what I hear, it seems it was more you build it; you build something great and something that people would like to use, and then theyre going to come. Vistex Inc., the global leader in pricing, trade, royalties and incentives management solutions, announces the acquisition of Webdata Solutions GmbH's assets and team, a leading technology . Per month for his designation as The Chief Minister of Delhi. Once you have built a platform already, how do you accelerate growth versus venture capital is, Do you believe in my potential? : How many employees do you guys have today, Sanjay? And you need professional sales help. Different propositions, private equity being a different proposition as innovated. That has been the biggest bump. It has 360-degree views of the city. If you want me to help you with your fundraising, just book a call. Sanjay Shah: Business Profiles | ZoomInfo.com Reach your target accounts. A:While I'm all for folks working these jobs, where otherwise those jobs would not be done, the question is, are those people then contributing their fair share to the economy in terms of taxes? On the one hand, you can say those jobs wouldn't be filled, but then is it fair to the other person who's also doing the job that's legal, that has to pay their share? : We have a very demographic process. I think thats when I felt that we were onto something. I was an SAP loyalist. What have you learned about yourself as a leader? The company was bootstrapped to $250 million in revenue without outside investment. Shah discusses the American Dream, entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, adapting to . Then that gave me the funding I needed to do what I wanted to do. : We have three distinct revenue streams. : Again, finding the cheerleaders for you is a huge challenge. Alejandro: Alrighty. What is private equity? I think getting the firsthand experience was critical. : Wonderful. Shah bought the 14,000-square-foot penthouse for $17 million and in 2017 is working to build out the space. So General Motors in Canada was willing to wager a bet on me. CEO, and Chief Architect, Sanjay Shah, is the WINNER of the 2019 Ernst & Young (EY) Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest Award. : Correct. As I said, I was living in a bit of a bubble. I come from a family of traders and accountants. The Vistex Foundation is a private foundation launched in 2012 through the support of Sanjay Shah, the founder of Vistex, Inc. We are committed to addressing the root causes of poverty by partnering with organizations whose programs provide education and health services to communities in need. In addition, he makes $6,222,220 as Chief Operating Officer at Beyond Meat Inc. Sanjay Shah: Thank you. Q: Why do you feel so passionately about immigration policy? A: Lee Iacocca. What kind of teams do you need? But there are a lot of players out there. : What have I learned about growth? How do you build and scale a cloud business? : What happened after that was because I was a very marketable resource at SAP, I helped start what is called the highest echelon of professional services at SAP. I look forward to seeing the final product. What was the next thing that youve learned? . Theres always a question that I ask the guests that we have on the show, and that is knowing what you know now if you had the opportunity to go back and give yourself a piece of advice, to that younger Sanjay that is about to launch the business, what would that piece of advice be before launching a business and why? My true passion was developing software. I wanted to get some operational experience and work on the operational side of things, operation supply chain, different terms. "We are excited to. Fortunately, I had a view from the inside as well, having been one of the earliest employees of SAP. What type of selling skills do you need? Thats how I was able to bootstrap. Shah continues to lead the organization that helps global titans such as Apple, Walmart, 3M, Viacom, Intel, and Bayer improve revenue and margins. Our youngest just went off to college last month, we are empty-nesters now so there's motivation to finish it out. Sanjay Shah: I think in 2001, I was able to land our first customers. Brazil, South Africa, all countries in Western Europe, Asia, etc. The number of players has increased, and the customers buying skills have increased tremendously. Obviously, one step in the wrong direction can be fatal. There are different sources to get money in. Photo by Christa Neu. Hello everyone and welcome to the DealMakers show. : Absolutely. I believe that if you engineer great product, and then dovetail or piggyback on top of a huge, successful go-to-market organization like SAP has globally, then that would be the recipe for success. Sanjay Shah: The future is theres more of everything. Kapoor was a contestant in the Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss' in 2011. We found a great partner in Excel KPR. You hear all these nightmare stories of startups that are doing very well, but theyre not able to project or manage the cash flows and their budgets accordingly. Dubai: Dubai Police arrested Sanjay Shah, the main suspect in the biggest tax fraud and money laundering case in Denmark. Then PricewaterhouseCoopers. The estimated Net Worth of Sanjay C Shah is at least $11.9 Million dollars as of 7 June 2021. How do you guys monetize? And with a deeply rooted passion for lifelong learning, Sanjay Shah is a proud supporter of his alma mater donating $5 million to Lehigh University and creating the Vistex Institute for Executive Learning and Research. Founder and President at Vistex, Inc. Hoffman Estates, Illinois . : Yeah. Thats how I was able to bootstrap. They try to go after high-potential, high-growth, the mature organizations, and we fit the bill on that front. How about if I move to the U.S. and develop it by myself, and if it works, you help me take it to market? So Im an entrepreneur by accident because if they had said, Yes, you can develop it even while youre in the U.S. I probably might still be with SAP. Theres not always just one decisionmaker in such a large company, especially when we rely on them as our go-to-market partner. : Thats a good question. : What have you learned about growth, Sanjay? Start Free People Search A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Directory of Profiled Business People: Sanjay Shah Sgrignuoli, Philip - Shahait, Mohammed > Shah, Ruskinarxon - Shah, Sayad > Shah, Sanit - Shah, Sanjaykumar > Shah, Sanjay 1-25 of 525 Contacts 1 : So here you are in 1999. Dipen Shah Rajesh Chaganti #Vistex #SAP #Agro Liked by Dipen Shah https://lnkd.in/d4m_Ui2N Very proud of my wife Gayatri Raman, helping take Clearwater Analytics public. Tell us about this. I got an MBA in finance. There are so many constituencies both from a product standpoint, from a technology standpoint, and from a go-to-market standpoint. These are not quick sales. We've always had a few ideas about what we want to do with the space, but we never really started anything in earnest. Q: Has the current political climate affected your feelings about the property? Supply chain is a more recent term, but back then, it was operations. 56.8 1.7%. Sanjay Shah: I would love to say that I came up with this fantastic idea, and I had this great vision, and so on, but the reality is that I was a company loyalist. Growth is hard, [laughter] to say the least. My world was within a one-mile radius. You and your wife are aligned. Other allowances: Rs 30,000 per month. Shah's $5 million gift will name the new Vistex Institute for Executive Learning and Research. Under Sanjay's leadership, Vistex has grown into a global organization dedicated to transforming how businesses across multiple industries bring their products and services to market by taking control of mission-critical Alejandro: You scaled this up to 250 million before you accepted external financing, so how was that process? These folks are a part of the fabric of the country. What type of selling skills do you need? Sanjay Shah: Correct. Sanjay Shah's Gift Combines Vision and Execution. I look forward to seeing the final product. Q: Why would you spend so much money on a penthouse? : What was your biggest learning or lesson from working with them? It's very unique, not just in Chicago or in the U.S., but probably unique in the whole world in terms of how it's laid out. Sanjay Shah's email address: xxxx@xxx.com | Find Sanjay's Email, Social Profiles, and Mutual Contacts both you and Sanjay know . What were some of your biggest takeaways because now, you have your own company, but I think that being able to work with such a massive player and understanding the dynamics and how they worked, Im sure that many of those lessons youve applied to how youve built and scale your own business. To this day, continue not to be addressed adequately in the ERP System. I was an SAP loyalist. I think weve just begun to scratch the surface of how our products and solutions can help customers and help our customers succeed even more. It's just some people came in a lot earlier than others. I believe that if anything, you should know that you should always learn to learn. We found a great partner in Excel KPR. Different propositions, private equity being a different proposition as innovated. He bought a 36-foot yacht for $500,000 in . Then the logical progression was to work in accounting. Alejandro: Wow! Also, remember, if you need any help whether it is with your fundraising efforts or with selling your business, you can reach me at, Roman Rittweger On Starting His Business At 52 And Raising $100 Million To Disrupt The Health Insurance Industry, He Built Turo Into A $1 Billion Business And Now Is Investing In Startups That Make Humanity More Resilient, Shelby Clark On Building Turo Into A $1 Billion Business And Investing In Startups That Make Humanity More Resilient, Important Things To Look For In An Investment Contract, He Sold His Last Company For Millions And Now Raised $38 Million To Identify The Best Sperm With AI And Improve IVF Outcomes, Gurjeet Singh On Selling His Last Company For Millions And Now Raising $37 Million To Identify The Best Sperm With AI And Improve IVF Outcomes. : Why did you decide to all of a sudden bring outsiders into the mix? When we say we listen, listening not just to our employees who are the closest to our customers and have the best product ideas, but also to our customers. Then we also have professional services to implement our software. They would help us build and scale our cloud business and yet be comfortable being a minority investor. Thats right. SAP was then making a foray into the U.S., into North America. I also spent time working for SAP at their headquarters in Germany in R&D for a couple of years of my six-year journey with them. It turns out that it was a great time to liquidate my stock options because I did that in 99, just before the big crash following. Alejandro: Absolutely, and well talk about your bootstrapping experience in just a bit. Tell us about this. I said to myself, If I work the first shift selling my services, then Ill be able to use that funding to develop what I need to develop on the second and third shift. Person A said I should do this, and Person B said I should do this. We didnt have any salespeople on board, so we were engineers doing all of the selling ourselves. I think Im a good listener over the years. Sanjay Shah: Thats right. Q: After you graduated college in India, you decided to move to the U.S. for graduate school and to pursue your career. Alejandro: Very nice. : So this was a private equity financing. Sanjay Shah: What have I learned about myself? Your email address is 100% safe from spam! According to a media portal, the net worth of Boney Kapoor is Rs 153.34 crores. Thats the degree I had. Were going to be learning a lot about building, scaling companies, and also about financing and then venture capitalist versus private equity firms, and also about building super-strategic relationships with larger players. It was the appetite for companies to spend on enterprise software, which took a nosedive in 2001, 2002 was the first challenge. Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More. There are different sources to get money in. Punjab National Bank. So without further ado, Id like to welcome our guest today to the show. Is that right? : Did you recruit other people like talking of bootstrapping and especially in the early days, who were the initial people you got around you to help you out? I thought, Wow. So those are the challenges. Then to ensure that they continue to receive value as they expand their portfolio of products. Sanjay Shah '89 presents a symbolic check to Lehigh President John D. Simon '19P and Georgette Chapman Phillips, the Kevin L. and Lisa A. Clayton Dean of the College of Business and Economics. Thats what helped us make the call with the partner we chose. But I quickly realized that confidence is good; over-confidence is not so good. Maybe I should trust A more than B, so I should do what A said. No. That has served us well. : I was living in a form of a bubble. 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