Carl Ledbetter

Carl Ledbetter

Director/Board Member at CLOUDFLARE, INC.

Net worth: 221 M $ as of 31/05/2026

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Carl S.
Ledbetter
is the founder of SimpleRose, Inc., founded in 2018, where the title held is Chief Executive & Technology Officer.
Current jobs include Independent Director at Cloudflare, Inc. since 2009, Director at Misapplied Sciences, Inc., and Director at Conviva, Inc. Former jobs include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Hybrid Networks, Inc. from 1996 to 1999; Chief Executive Officer at ETA Systems, Inc. from 1986 to 1989; Director-Kingston laboratory at International Business Machines Corp.
from 1982 to 1986; Director at Preventsys, Inc., MX Logic, Inc., OpenLogic, Inc., Sennari Entertainment, Inc., Aztek Networks, Inc., Formation Data Systems, Inc., and DriveScale, Inc.; President at Capita Corp.; General Manager-Networking Business & Senior VP at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1991 to 1993; Partner at Pelion Venture Partners from 2003 to 2010; Executive Vice President at Control Data Corp.
from 1989 to 1991; Professor at California State University-Bakersfield and Clark University; Dean & Professor at Sonoma State University from 1979 to 1981; Professor at Wellesley College from 1977 to 1979; President-Consumer Products at AT&T, Inc. from 1993 to 1996; Senior VP-Engineering, Research & Development at Micro Focus Software, Inc. from 1999 to 2003.
Education includes graduate degree from Brandeis University, doctorate from Clark University, and undergraduate degree from the University of Redlands.

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CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
01/06/2026 912,672 ( 0.29% ) 221 M $ 31/05/2026

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CLOUDFLARE, INC. Director/Board Member 01/11/2009
Director/Board Member -
Chief Executive Officer 01/01/2020
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Private Equity Investor 31/01/2020
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 01/06/2003
Chief Executive Officer 01/10/1999
AT&T INC. Corporate Officer/Principal 01/01/1996
Corporate Officer/Principal 01/03/1993
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