Dipanjan "DJ" Deb is a Co-Founder and CEO of Francisco Partners. Based in San Francisco, he co-founded the firm in 1999. Dipanjan currently serves on the boards of BeyondTrust, GoodRX (GDRX), LegalZoom (LZ), New Relic and SonicWall. He also worked on numerous other investments where he helped with the original investment or the sale of the business. He has previously served on the boards of ON / AMI Semiconductor (AMIS), Barracuda Networks (CUDA), CBA, C-MAC, Conexant (CNXT), Corsair, Cross Match, Globespan (GSPN), K2, Legerity, MagnaChip, Metrologic, NPTest/Credence (CMOS), Numonyx, Perforce, Plex Software, Quest Software, Sectigo, Smart Modular Technologies (SMOD), Ultra Clean Technologies (UCTT), and Verifone.

In addition, DJ serves on the UC Berkeley Engineering School Board, the board of UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology (MET), the Stanford GSB Advisory Council, and the UCSF Foundation Board of Directors. DJ teaches the "Finance of Private Equity" class at the Stanford GSB with Professor Ilya Strebulaev. Previously, he served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees, the Stanford GSB Management Council where he was chair, the UCSF Investment Committee and was a member of the YPO Barbary Coast Chapter.

DJ has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California Berkeley (Regents Scholar) as well as an MBA from Stanford GSB.
He previously worked at TPG, Robertson Stephens & Company, and McKinsey & Company.