Gaurav Kapoor is the Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and Board Member at MetricStream focused on AI-First growth strategy and execution, customer expansion and market competitiveness.
Prior to this, as CEO, Gaurav led MetricStream to become a global market leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), delivering value to customers, shareholders, employees, and partners. Over the past decade, he has played key leadership roles—Co-CEO, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer—driving Strategy, Go-to-Market, Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, Customer Success, Service Delivery, and Support through various phases of the company’s growth.
Gaurav also served as the founding CFO of the company helping lay the early foundation for the company’s long-term success. Under his leadership, MetricStream has expanded its global footprint, serving customers in over 30 countries with a workforce of more than 1,000 employees. Its investors have included BlueTorch Capital, Goldman Sachs, Clearlake Capital, Sageview Capital, CM Growth, Kaiser Ventures, and Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDBI). MetricStream counts many Global 500 companies among its customers.
Prior to MetricStream, he was at OpenGrowth, an incubation and venture firm where he helped build and grow several companies including ArcadiaOne and Regalix. Prior to that, he spent several years in high growth business roles at Citi in Asia and the U.S including consumer digital payments and derivative financial products.
Mr. Kapoor has a Bachelor's degree in Technology (with Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology, a degree in Business from FMS, Delhi, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He has served on the board of Regalix, a digital innovation and marketing company for a decade and an investor/advisor to other technology companies.
Apart from a high degree of customer intimacy working closely with dozens of the largest global organizations, he has been a regular contributor and speaker at the GRC Summit, IIA, Ops Risk, GARP, RMA, and SIFMA, among many other industry platforms. He is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council and NACD certified member.
