C raig Abod is an American self-made billionaire and the founder and president of Carahsoft Technology Corp., a crucial but often behind-the-scenes player in the massive U.S. government technology market. He founded the company in 2004, identifying a significant opportunity to act as a specialized distributor and aggregator of IT solutions for the public sector.

Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for a vast ecosystem of technology vendors, from software giants like Adobe, Salesforce, and Red Hat to cybersecurity and cloud computing firms. The company helps these vendors navigate the complex and highly regulated process of selling to federal, state, and local government agencies. Abod has built his company into a multi-billion dollar powerhouse by becoming the indispensable middleman in the public sector IT supply chain. The company remains privately held, and his majority stake is the source of his considerable fortune.