This American Billionaire Is Joining the State Department. Why That’s Good News for Entrepreneurs

Inc. 06.21.2019 1 min read
BY: Heather R. Morgan
This American Billionaire Is Joining the State Department. Why That’s Good News for Entrepreneurs

Serial software entrepreneur Keith Krach is joining the U.S. government, after building billion dollar companies DocuSign and Ariba. Why he’s making the leap.

This American Billionaire Is Joining the State Department. Why That’s Good News for Entrepreneurs
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

What do you do after building two successful billion-dollar software companies?

Former DocuSign and Ariba CEO, Keith Krach is going to work for the U.S. government. Krach was confirmed Thursday by Unanimous Voice Vote by the Senate for the position of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment. There, he’ll be tasked with advancing the State Department’s economic development agenda; elevating and intensifying the Department’s efforts related to energy security, clean energy, and environmental sustainability; and fostering innovation through robust science, entrepreneurship, and technology policies.

Read more