Pramila Srinivasan is the US-based estranged wife of Indian tech billionaire Sridhar Vembu, the co-founder of Zoho Corporation, whose divorce has drawn intense public and legal scrutiny amid a multi-billion-dollar legal battle.
Born on June 9, 1968, in New York, Srinivasan is an accomplished academic and entrepreneur. She holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, pursued advanced studies in engineering at a time when few women were in the field, and has built a career focused on healthcare technology and innovation. She has founded companies working on electronic health records and digital health solutions, and she also leads The Brain Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to autism research and support services.
Pramila married Sridhar Vembu in 1993 after they met in the United States. The couple lived in California for nearly three decades and have a son who has been diagnosed with autism. Their personal and professional lives were largely under the radar until their marriage began unraveling in recent years.
Their marriage ended in a protracted and highly publicized divorce in a California court, which spotlighted disputes over community property rights, control and ownership of Zoho assets, and financial transparency. At the center of the case is a reported order for Vembu to post a $1.7 billion (about ₹15,000 crore) bond to protect Pramila’s interests in the marital estate, although this order is currently under appeal and has been contested by Vembu’s legal team.
Pramila claims that Vembu abandoned her and their son when he moved to India and filed for divorce, and that he transferred significant business interests without her consent—actions she says violated California’s community property laws. Vembu has denied these allegations, asserting that he has supported his family financially and that some media narratives about the case are “fiction.”
The ongoing legal battle remains one of the most expensive and complex divorce cases involving an Indian tech entrepreneur, drawing international attention to marital asset disputes, international jurisdiction, and corporate ownership structures
