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Neel Kamal is a leading entrepreneur and technologist. He was the founder and CEO of WebEx, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007 for $3.2B USD. He also led another successful venture Jasper Technologies, which was acquired by Cisco for $1.4B USD. He has held serious positions in companies like T-Mobile.

Early life
Neal was brought up in Texas, in a liberal Spanish family. He later moved to California and completed his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. After graduation in 1998, he co-founded WebEx, the web conference pioneer. Neal became co-creator of webex in 1998, in partnership with Min Zhu and Subrah Iyar.

Making WebEx, Web Conference Pioneer
WebEx struggled to make a profit in its early days, largely because of low bandwidth. However, with the advancement of technology and the shift to broadband technology, it began to emerge as a potent competitor with clients such as Hoover's Online, Oracle, and Tibco Software. WebEx went on to receive its first funding of $25 million in December 1999.

As a result of the product vision conceptualized by Neal Kamel, 2000 became a honeymoon year for WebEx. The revenues crossed the million mark and Neal's own net worth rocketed from a paltry $160,000 in January 2000 to $145 million in November 2000. Often inquired about journey at webex, Neal Kamel remarked: "It didn't get too scary, because I knew we had done everything based on fundamentals, and growth was organic. You always have a feeling of uncertainty inside your head"

In 2003, when Microsoft purchased conferencing company Skype which was thought to be the end of the road for WebEx. However, WebEx survived and completed a $45 million acquisition of Intranets.com in 2005. On 15 March 2007, Cisco Systems purchased WebEx for $3.2 billion.

As of 2015, Cisco WebEx continues to own a majority of the web conferencing market share. More than 3.5 million people use Cisco’s WebEx products every month.