Daniel Dines
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Daniel Dines

Romanian entrepreneur (born 1972)

Daniel Solomon Dines (born January 1972) is a Romanian billionaire entrepreneur, and the co-founder and executive chairman of UiPath, a robotic process automation platform. Forbes nicknamed him the Boss of the Bots, becoming the first bot billionaire.2

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Born Jan 1972.1

About

As of July 2025, Dines was one of the wealthiest people in Romania, with an estimated net worth of US$1.5 billion.

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Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

  • UiPath PATH31,491,238 shares11$413.2M at $13.12Sep 8, 2026

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

  • Sep 8, 2026Other 5,000,000 shares of UiPath11
  • Sep 8, 2026Other 5,000,000 shares of UiPath11
  • Sep 8, 2026Converted 5,000,000 shares of UiPath11
  • Aug 19, 2026Sold 1,402,347 shares at $16.07 of UiPath12
  • Mar 16, 2026Other 9,615,297 shares of UiPath13
  • Mar 16, 2026Other 9,615,297 shares of UiPath13
  • Mar 16, 2026Other 9,615,297 shares of UiPath13
  • Jan 26, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.01 of UiPath14
  • Jan 23, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.23 of UiPath14
  • Jan 22, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.02 of UiPath14
  • Jan 15, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.38 of UiPath15
  • Jan 14, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.68 of UiPath16
  • Jan 13, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $17.18 of UiPath17
  • Jan 12, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $16.61 of UiPath18
  • Jan 9, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $17.17 of UiPath19
  • Jan 8, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $17.49 of UiPath20
  • Jan 7, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $17.32 of UiPath21
  • Jan 6, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.99 of UiPath22
  • Jan 5, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $15.73 of UiPath23
  • Jan 2, 2026Sold 45,000 shares at $16.38 of UiPath24
  • Dec 31, 2025Sold 45,000 shares at $16.55 of UiPath25
  • Dec 30, 2025Sold 45,000 shares at $16.82 of UiPath25
  • Dec 29, 2025Sold 45,000 shares at $16.44 of UiPath26
  • Dec 26, 2025Sold 45,000 shares at $16.90 of UiPath26
  • Dec 24, 2025Sold 45,000 shares at $16.91 of UiPath26

Early life and education

Dines' father was an engineer and his mother a teacher. Dines earned a degree from the University of Bucharest. He was a self-taught programmer.

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.5

  • Date not recordedFounded UiPath3
  • Date not recordedChief executive, UiPath4

Dines worked for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington, US, from 2000 to 2005, then later returned to Romania. Dines started DeskOver in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, and later renamed it UiPath and moved its headquarters to New York City in 2018. He has stated that he wanted UiPath to be a kind of Romanian Google or Facebook.

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Personal life

  • BornJan 1972, Onești6
  • CitizenshipRomania7

Philanthropy

In April 2019, Dines donated €1 million to help rebuild Notre-Dame.

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