He Waited 7 Years on an H1-B Visa—Now Jyoti Bansal Is a Billionaire

December 17, 2025

Who is Jyoti Bansal, the IIT graduate who moved to the United States on an H1-B visa and later became a self-made billionaire tech entrepreneur.

Jyoti Bansal is an Indian-born American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. An IIT graduate, he moved to the United States on an H1-B visa and later founded AppDynamics, which was sold to Cisco for $3.7 billion. He is also the founder of Harness, a software company valued at $5.5 billion, making him one of the newest self-made billionaires in Silicon Valley.