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Peter Gassner

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Veeva

Search every verified Peter Gassner interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Peter Gassner, founder and CEO of Veeva, appeared on CNBC's Mad Money on October 7, 2026, where he discussed the company's focus on industry-specific cloud applications for life sciences. He described Veeva's offerings as an "industry cloud for life sciences," serving large pharmaceutical firms such as Lilly, Pfizer, and Amgen, as well as smaller biotechs. Gassner highlighted the company's work in cloud applications, data, consulting, and what he termed "industry-specific AI solutions" or "industry AI." During the interview, Gassner addressed skepticism about software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, saying that predictions of a "SaaS apocalypse" never made sense to him. He argued that critical, industry-specific applications—such as those used to run clinical trials or manufacture medicines—would not be replaced by general-purpose AI tools like Claude or Gemini. He stated that Veeva kept "heads down executing" amid such speculation, adding that in reality such replacement is not feasible.

Recent appearances

  • Mad Money 10/07/26 | Audio Only

    October 07, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Listen to Jim Cramer’s personal guide through the confusing jungle of Wall Street investing, navigating through opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind - to help you make money. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/42d859g » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Watch CNBC on the go with CNBC+: https://www.cnbc.com/WatchCNBCPlus Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in busi…

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  • How Veeva Became the First Public Company to Convert to a Public Benefit Corporation | Peter Gassner

    September 24, 2026 · 📺 The Eric Ries Show

    What if maximizing shareholder value can actually make a company less valuable? Peter Gassner is the founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, a cloud software company serving the life sciences industry. Before founding Veeva, Peter built enterprise software at IBM, PeopleSoft, and Salesforce. Under his leadership, Veeva became the first publicly traded company to convert to a public benefit corporation. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, Peter joins me to explain why profit is necessary for a healthy company but should be the result of fulfilling its mission, not the mission itself. We discuss…

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  • Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) Q1 2026 Earnings – Full Coverage

    May 29, 2025 · 📺 Fyfull

    *Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) Q1 2026 Earnings – Full Coverage* *Key Highlights:* *Financials* – Q1 revenue $759,000K USD, up YoY; non-GAAP operating margin 46%; $50B life sciences market; tariff impact ~1%. *Operations* – Crossix 30% growth; 80+ Vault CRM customers; Veeva.ai progress; tariffs add minor data costs. *Strategy* – CEO Peter Gassner targets horizontal CRM; CFO Brian Van Waggoner focuses margins; tariffs mitigated via subscription model. *Outlook* – FY26 revenue guidance raised; billings up with FX tailwind; stable macro assumed. *Timestamps:* [00:00] – Opening Remarks (…

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  • Technology Trends and Veeva's AI Approach

    September 21, 2023 · 📺 Veeva Systems Inc

    Veeva CEO Peter Gassner discusses the impact of current technology trends on life sciences and shares a focused and practical approach to enhancing Veeva platforms with AI. Save the date for next year's Summit September 9-10, 2024 in Boston: https://bit.ly/3r4Kny4

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  • This CEO Thinks Noncompetes Hurt The Economy | Forbes

    May 17, 2023 · 📺 Forbes

    Peter Gassner, founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, joins "Forbes Talks" talks about why he banned noncompete agreements and his was the first public company to transition into being a public benefit corporation. Read the full story on Forbes: Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?s... Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can he…

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  • Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)

    May 19, 2022 · 📺 Acquired

    We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time — Zoom and Veeva Systems — to understand how they grew to billions of dollars in revenue (and tens of billions in market cap) on very, very little capital invested. With the fundraising environment changing rapidly, we couldn’t think of a better topic to discuss or better sources of wisdom for founders, operators and investors all to learn from. Very special thanks to Jake Saper and our friends at Emergence Capital for inviting us and putting this conversation together at their 2022 CEO Summit!…

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  • Founder Stories: Peter Gassner, Co-Founder and CEO of Veeva

    January 15, 2022 · 📺 Axial

    Veeva was founded in 2007 by Peter Gassner and Matt Wallach to make life sciences more efficient and bring new medicines to patients. The company is one of the most important case studies on how to build a standalone software business in life sciences. Focused on managing clinical data and communications for life sciences companies, Veeva pioneered the vertical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model by building out one of the first industry-specific clouds. https://axial.substack.com/p/axial-veeva #biotechnology #science #vc #startup #startups #startupideas #biology #biotech #chemistry…

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  • Veeva Systems CEO on powering Covid-19 treatments, pharma partnerships

    January 14, 2021 · 📺 CNBC Television

    CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" team discusses how Veeva Systems has partnered with pharma companies and is helping to power Covid treatments, with Veeva Systems CEO and founder Peter Gassner. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCclassic Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in busine…

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  • Veeva Could Become a Public Benefit Corporation

    October 22, 2020 · 📺 Bloomberg Television

    Oct.22 -- Peter Gassner, co-founder and chief executive officer of of Veeva Systems, talks about the company possibly becoming a public benefit corporation. He speaks to Bloomberg's Ed Hammond.

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  • #SecretsSelfmadeBillionaire 0733 Peter Gassner Veeva System Industry Cloud Healthcare Billionaire

    April 19, 2020 · 📺 #SecretsSelfmadeBillionaires by Paul Chan

    Peter Gassner co-founded his company Veeva System at age 42 with Matt Wallach after working many years with IBM, PeopleSoft and SalesForce. As CEO, he invented new concept of the industry cloud for the life sciences and introduced 24 products. Since 2013, the stock price of Veeva has more than quadrupled, propelling him into a very rich selfmade billionaire.

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  • Veeva Systems CEO talks assissting life sciences industry in the race to find a COVID-19 cure

    March 26, 2020 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Veeva Systems CEO Peter Gassner said its customer relationship management platform has been made free to help in the research and development of medical solutions for coronavirus. For more coronavirus live updates: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coron... For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://www.cnbc.com/pro/?__source=yo... » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCclassic Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market n…

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  • Veeva Systems' VEEV CEO Peter Gassner on Q4 2020 Results

    March 03, 2020 · 📺 Daily Earnings Calls

    Good afternoon and welcome to vivaz fiscal 2020 fourth quarter and full year earnings call for the quarter and year ended January ...

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