Ariba

Keith Krach with Ariba team

Ariba chairman and CEO, Krach understands that speed is the ultimate weapon in becoming the "Category King."

Krach's original sketch of Ariba's architecture, drawn on a paper table cloth at a team lunch in September 1996. Signed and dated by the Ariba team.

Krach's original sketch of Ariba's architecture, drawn on a paper table cloth at a team lunch in September 1996. Signed and dated by the Ariba team.

First enterprise internet application. Today, the Ariba network transacts $3.7 trillion/year.

In 1996, Krach founded Ariba as CEO. Ariba was the first company to bring B2B e-commerce to the Internet, and became the fastest growing software company in history. The company reached an amazing $40 billion valuation just four years after its founding.