Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: REGGIE AGGARWAL

Originally a lawyer, Aggarwal got into the events business after planning hundreds of events as president of the Indian CEO Network. This led Aggarwal in 1999 to found Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider based in McLean. Cvent has grown to employ more than 4,800 workers serving some 22,00 customers worldwide.

The company has bounced between public and private, with Aggarwal taking Cvent public in 2013. In 2016, the company was purchased for $1.6 billion by Vista Equity Partners and taken private again. And in 2021, Cvent returned to being a publicly traded company briefly before it was acquired in 2023 for $4.6 billion by private equity firm Blackstone.

In July, Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointed Aggarwal to the powerful state governing board for GO Virginia, the state economic development and job creation initiative. 

In 2022, Aggarwal was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame. He has been named CEO of the Year by the Washington Business Journal and an Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards.

Aggarwal holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a law degree from Washington and Lee, and a master of laws degree from Georgetown.