Daniel Dines

{{Short description|Romanian entrepreneur (born 1972)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date= March 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Daniel Dines

| image = 2021 - Centre Stage EN6 5562 (51652161468) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Dines in 2021

| birth_name = Daniel Solomon Dines

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972|1}}

| birth_place = Onești, Romania{{Cite news |url=https://curieruldestiri.ro/2021/04/24/cum-a-ajuns-programatorul-daniel-dines-din-onesti-miliardar-pe-wall-street/ |title=Cum a ajuns programatorul Daniel Dines din Onești miliardar pe Wall Street |trans-title=How the programmer Daniel Dines from Onești became a billionaire on Wall Street |date=24 April 2021 |work=Curierul Național |language=ro}}

| education = University of Bucharest

| occupation = Businessman

| known for = Co-founder, executive chairman and chief innovation officer, UiPath

| spouse = Alexandra Dines

| children = 1

| website =

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Daniel Solomon Dines (born January 1972){{Cite web |url=https://www.challenges.fr/economie/uipath-la-licorne-roumaine-partie-a-la-conquete-de-wall-street_762442 |title=UiPath, la licorne roumaine partie à la conquête de Wall Street |trans-title=UiPath, the Romanian unicorn set to conquer Wall Street |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Challenges |language=fr}} is a Romanian billionaire entrepreneur, and the co-founder and executive chairman of UiPath, a robotic process automation platform. Forbes nicknamed him the Boss of the Bots, becoming the first bot billionaire.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/09/11/from-communism-to-coding-how--daniel-dines-of-7-billion-uipath-became-the-first-bot-billionaire/?sh=6d55fde9206e |title=From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire |work=Forbes |date=11 September 2019 |last=Konrad |first=Alex}}

As of March 2024, Dines was the wealthiest person in Romania, with an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-dines/ |title=Forbes profile: Daniel Dines |work=Forbes |access-date=10 March 2024}}

Early life

Dines' father was an engineer and his mother a teacher.[https://www.cancan.ro/cel-mai-bogat-roman-a-fugit-in-america-cu-sexy-sotia-mai-tanara-cu-16-ani-ce-retea-de-firme-are-miliardarul-in-romania-multe-alte-amanunte-20058669 Ce rețea de firme deține miliardarul Daniel Dines în România] Dines earned a degree from the University of Bucharest. He was a self-taught programmer.

Career

Dines worked for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington, US, from 2000 to 2005, then later returned to Romania.{{Cite news|url=https://www.zf.ro/business-hi-tech/istoria-fabuloasa-daniel-dines-it-istul-roman-lucrat-microsoft-s-intors-tara-crea-uipath-cea-valoroasa-companie-pornita-romania-carei-evaluare-ar-putea-ajunge-7-mld-dolari-17945010 |title=Istoria fabuloasă a lui Daniel Dines, IT-istul român care a lucrat pentru Microsoft, dar care s-a întors în ţară pentru a crea UiPath, cea mai valoroasă companie pornită în România |work=Ziarul Financiar |date=20 March 2019|language=Romanian}} Dines started DeskOver in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, and later renamed it UiPath and moved its headquarters to New York City in 2018. He has stated that he wanted UiPath to be a kind of Romanian Google or Facebook.

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Dines donated €1 million to help rebuild Notre-Dame.{{Cite news|url=https://www.romaniajournal.ro/business/uipath-founder-daniel-dines-on-the-cover-of-forbes-magazine-as-the-richest-romanian/ |title=UiPath Founder Daniel Dines On The Cover Of Forbes Magazine As The Richest Romanian |work=Romania Journal |date=12 September 2019|language=Romanian}}

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