Indian-Origin Man Struggles To Find Purpose After Selling $975 Million Firm

Vinay Hiremath, the co-founder of Loom, sold his startup to Atlassian for $975 million in 2023. Since then, he has found himself grappling with a lack of purpose. In a blog titled "I Am Rich and Have No Idea What to Do With My Life," he shared his struggles, including declining a $60 million role, ending a relationship, and failed ventures in robotics and government reform.

Now 33, Mr Hiremath is in Hawaii studying Physics, aiming to build a new company. He admits his next venture doesn't need to match Loom's success but hopes it is fulfilling.

Born in 1991, Vinay Hiremath dropped out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign two years into the course. He transitioned from a small college town in Illinois to Palo Alto, California, to pursue his passion for startups.