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MongoDB, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Chirantan "CJ" Desai as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 10, 2025. Desai succeeds Dev Ittycheria, who retires from full-time operations after 11 years but remains on the Board as an advisor for a smooth transition.
The appointment follows a comprehensive CEO search supported by an executive search firm to identify a next-generation leader with deep experience in cloud infrastructure, AI, enterprise software, and product innovation – someone equipped to guide the Company on its continued journey towards durable, profitable growth.
Desai joins MongoDB as a respected technology leader with over 25 years of experience pioneering innovative technology solutions in cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, cybersecurity, AI, and large-scale SaaS platforms. Most recently, Desai served as President of Product and Engineering at Cloudflare, where he drove product strategy and execution during a period of strong revenue growth and stock performance for the company. Prior to Cloudflare, Desai served as President and Chief Operating Officer at ServiceNow, where he helped organically scale the company from $1.5 billion to over $10 billion in annualized revenue. Desai has also previously held executive roles at EMC and Symantec, and he began his career with Oracle as a key member of the team that launched the company's first cloud service.
MongoDB has long been the partner of choice for building applications that transform businesses, and now it is uniquely positioned to power the next wave of AI-driven applications. My directive is clear: by staying relentlessly close to customers, delivering category-defining products, and executing at scale, we can seize the enormous opportunities ahead. I'm grateful for the foundation that Dev and the executive team have built and am honored to take the baton from Dev to guide MongoDB through its next phase of innovation and growth.
Over the past eleven years, he led one of the great growth stories in enterprise software, transforming MongoDB from an early-stage disruptor into a global technology leader. Dev's strategic vision, operational discipline, and ability to attract world-class talent have set the company on a path of lasting success. He built not just a great business, but a culture that inspires people to do the best work of their careers.
Through relentless innovation, discipline, and teamwork, we transformed MongoDB into a global software leader with an enduring culture and a strong track record of execution. This leadership transition ensures continuity while positioning MongoDB to capitalize on AI opportunities and maintain its momentum in the database platform market.
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB's unified database platform was built to power the next generation of applications, and MongoDB is the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market. With integrated capabilities for operational data, search, real-time analytics, and AI-powered data retrieval, MongoDB helps organizations everywhere move faster, innovate more efficiently, and simplify complex architectures. Millions of developers and more than 50,000 customers across industries – including over 75% of the Fortune 100 – rely on MongoDB for their most important applications.
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