During his tenure at VMware, Raghu has held multiple leadership roles, most recently leading the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning, and engineering execution. Prior to that he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager and led worldwide product marketing, product management, and business planning for VMware's virtual infrastructure. Raghu began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere.

Prior to VMware, Raghu held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Networks, and Netscape. Raghu holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.