Mihir Shukla

Mihir Shukla is co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Agentic Process Automation and AI solutions for the enterprise. Mihir co-founded Automation Anywhere in 2003. Through his leadership, the company’s vision is to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential through an Autonomous Enterprise where up to 80% of work is fully automated or AI-assisted, enabling people to focus on what matters most. Alongside rapid growth and profitability, Automation Anywhere has received numerous awards for its groundbreaking technology and customer-first approach, including being named in Forbes as one of the Seven Wonders of AI; frequent market leadership positions from top analysts such as Gartner and Forrester; annual listings on the Forbes Cloud 100 list; and numerous accolades for Automation Anywhere's positive culture, including being recognized as a Great Place to Work and featured in Newsweek’s America’s Top 200 Most Loved Workplaces. Mihir is a highly-regarded speaker, thought leader and advisor to hundreds of boards, CEOs and heads of state around AI and digital transformation initiatives. He is a firm believer that technology must serve the greater good of humanity. As such, Automation Anywhere has impacted over 500K lives through training, re-skilling and nonprofit collaboration. Mihir is a close partner of the World Economic Forum and plays a key leadership role in the ICT Governors community, the Centre for AI Excellence and the Centre for New Economy and Society. As an advocate for lifelong learning, Mihir is sponsor of the Shukla Centre for Future Studies in India, which is dedicated to advancing knowledge and skills for middle-grade students in cutting-edge fields such as AI, automation and robotics. In addition, Mihir is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Digital Innovation & AI (IDIA) at Melbourne Business School and a frequent guest presenter at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.