S. Somasegar Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About S. Somasegar

• After completing his graduation from Anna University in India, S. Somasegar received an offer to work as a research scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

• However, he rejected the offer and moved from India to the US, where he completed his master’s degree in Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU).

• In January 1989, S. Somasegar started working as a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft in Seattle, Washington.

• During his stint at Microsoft, he served as a leader of the team that made Visual Studio and other .NET products.

• These products were used by tens of millions of developers to build applications and services for personal computers, servers, phones, and the cloud.

• S. Somasegar had also managed the research labs of Microsoft in Boston, China, India, and Israel.

• In 1998, he founded the Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) in Hyderabad. After that, MSIDC became one of the largest engineering hubs of Microsoft outside the United States.

• S. Somasegar had served as an active angel and seed investor in various consumer technology companies and enterprises in the U.S. and around the world. He used to put early-stage money into these companies.
  

  S. Somasegar gives a tour of the Microsoft Developer Division offices in 2014

• He had worked on Windows Eight before he took charge as the head of the Developer Division at Microsoft.

• S. Somasegar served in the Microsoft till November 2015.

• In September 2024, he was appointed as a Member Board of Directors at UiPath in New York, United States.

• In November 2015, S. Somasegar started working as a Managing Director at Madrona in Seattle. Madrona is a venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups.

• During this period, he served in the crucial investment areas of the company, such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, next generation cloud infrastructure, and intelligence applications.
  

  S. Somasegar at Madrona offices in Seattle

• Some of his important investments were Snowflake, Statsig (acquired by OpenAI), and UiPath.

• Anna University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, had honoured S. Somasegar with a doctorate for his achievements in the field of Computer Science and Technology.

• He had worked as a volunteer to help and educate girls all across the world.

• S. Somasegar, along his wife, often supported the programs that improved the education and empowerment of women.

• He was a partner in the Seattle Sounders Football Club and the Seattle Orcas, a Major League Cricket team, which was formed in 2023.
  

  S. Somasegar (middle) with the Seattle Orcas cricket team mascot

• On 19 May 2026, his employer company Madrona announced his passing away in a media statement. It wrote
  

  We are heartbroken to share that our dear friend and colleague Soma Somasegar passed away unexpectedly earlier today.”

• Before his death, it was announced that S. Somasegar was named in the “SEED 100” list. He was recognised as a top early-stage technology investors of 2026.

• He liked travelling to distant places and playing table tennis in his free time.
  

  S. Somasegar during a table tennis match

• S. Somasegar was often invited by various educational organisations for tech workshops and seminars.
  

  S. Somasegar during a seminar in India