Heading for Trillion-dollar Valuation, Anthropic has a Desi Twinkle in its AI

The leadership at Anthropic includes four Indian-origin executives, including its finance and technology chiefs, who are expected to amass substantial wealth if the maker of Claude achieves its targeted valuation in the proposed initial public offering.

Besides chief financial officer Krishna Rao and chief technology officer Rahul Patil, the draft IPO filing lists Claude Code co-creator Sid Bidasaria and Neil Buddy Shah, chair of its Long-Term Benefit Trust, among the top leaders.

Rao, who is helping steer preparations for the IPO along with chief executive Dario Amodei, held beneficial ownership of 9,497,900 Class A shares in Anthropic. These comprise 153,960 shares held directly and options covering another 9,343,940, including through a trust, disclosures showed.

Assuming a $1.5-2 trillion valuation for Anthropic in the IPO, Rao's holdings could make him one of the wealthiest finance executives in the world. According to experts, it could put him in the same league as SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen.

Johnsen's shares were worth $1.22 billion at the company's June 2026 IPO price. They would also put him in the league of Nvidia CFO Colette Kress, whose net worth reached $1.2 billion, according to Forbes. Rao became Anthropic's CFO in April 2024. He was earlier the finance chief at Fanatics Commerce and earlier held senior financial-planning and corporate-development roles at healthcare technology company Cedar and Airbnb.

As per Anthropic's draft filing, Rao -- who is helping steer the IPO preparations along with CEO Dario Amodei -- held beneficial ownership of 9,497,900 Class A shares. These comprise 153,960 shares held directly and options covering another 9,343,940 shares, including options held through a trust. The filing didn't disclose any shareholding by Patil and Bidasaria.

Patil, who grew up in Bengaluru, joined the company as its chief technology officer in October 2025 after leading technology at payments company Stripe. When Anthropic opened its Bengaluru office in February, Patil came to inaugurate it. He visited India earlier this month as well. Bidasaria, who is from Dehradun, is a co-creator and tech lead of Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding tool.

The Long-Term Benefit Trust, which Shah chairs, helps oversee its long-term mission and plays a role in board appointments. Shah, who had lived and worked in India, gets $425,000 annually for his work with the trust, including $25,000 for serving as chair. He is also the CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and co-founder of IDinsight. The trust generally has authority to elect a majority of the company's authorised board seats.

Meanwhile, Vas Narasimhan, the Indian-origin CEO of Novartis, joined Anthropic's board in April 2026. The prospectus names him as a member of its compensation and safety-and-risk committees. His disclosed beneficial ownership comprises 176,050 Class A shares, including shares held via Bodhi LLC and shares issuable through restricted stock units. Narasimhan was born in the US to parents who migrated from Tamil Nadu.

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