Dipanjan “DJ” Deb is the co-founder & CEO of Francisco Partners. Prior to founding Francisco Partners in 1999, DJ was a Principal with Texas Pacific Group. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Semiconductor Banking at Robertson, Stephens & Company and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

DJ currently serves on the board of Boomi and New Relic. He formerly served on the board of directors of AMI Semiconductor (AMIS), Barracuda Networks (CUDA), BeyondTrust, CBA, CMAC, Conexant (CNXT), Corsair, Cross Match, GoodRx (GDRX), Globespan (GSPN), K2, LegalZoom (LZ), Legerity, MagnaChip, Metrologic, NPTest / Credence (CMOS), Numonyx, ON Semicondctor (ONNN), Perforce, Plex Software, Quest Software, Sectigo, Smart Modular Technologies (SMOD), SonicWall, Ultra Clean Technologies (UCTT), and Verifone. He also worked on numerous other investments where he helped with the original investment or sale of the business.

DJ serves on the UC Berkeley Engineering School Board, the Stanford GSB Advisory Council and the UCSF Foundation Board of Directors. Previously, he served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees, the Stanford GSB Management Council where he was chair and the UCSF Investment Committee Board. He was also in the YPO Barbary Coast Chapter.

DJ graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and received his B.S. from UC Berkeley where he majored in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)