Sanjay Kumar Sanjay Kumar ( Tamil - சஞ்சய் குமார் ) ( born Colombo , Sri Lanka ) was the Chairman and CEO of Computer Associates International ( now CA Technologies ) , until April 2004 . He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1976 to escape civil unrest in his native Sri Lanka . The family originally settled in South Carolina . He attended Furman University from 1980 to 1983 , and left without completing a degree . Kumar became an employee of Computer Associates in 1987 , when it acquired UCCEL Corp . in an $ 800 million buy - out . Kumar was , at the time , UCCEL ' s director of software development and had been employed by UCCEL only for a few months . Kumar was promoted to Vice President of Planning the following year , relocating to Computer Associates ' Long Island headquarters . Over the years he held various leadership roles at the firm . In 1989 , he became Senior Vice President of Planning and in 1993 moved up to Executive Vice President of Operations . Kumar was named President and Chief Operating Officer in 1994 at age 31 . Kumar succeeded the retiring Tony Wang , the older brother of Chief Executive Officer Charles Wang , as Tony was pressured to leave to make way . In 2000 , Kumar replaced his mentor Charles Wang as Chief Executive Officer of the firm and in 2002 became Chairman of Computer Associates ' board of directors . Kumar is widely credited for moving CA to be more customer - focused , and for implementing the software industry ' s first large scale ratable revenue recognition business model . Kumar resigned as chairman and chief executive in April 2004 , following an investigation into securities fraud and obstruction of justice at Computer Associates . He remained with the firm in the new position of Chief Software Architect for about six weeks before leaving the firm altogether on June 4 , 2004 . A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted him on fraud charges on September 22 , 2004 . Kumar pled guilty to obstruction of justice and securities fraud charges on April 24 , 2006 . On November 2 , 2006 , it was reported that he was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $ 8 million for his role in a massive accounting fraud at Computer Associates . At the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn , Judge Leo Glasser sentenced Kumar , 44 years old , to 144 months in prison , to be followed by three years supervised release . The judge deferred payment of the fine until after restitution is determined at a hearing scheduled for February 2 , 2007 . Kumar was scheduled to report to prison on February 27 , but that was delayed by two months due to delays in the restitution hearing . The start of the prison sentence was then delayed again , to November . However , in early June U . S . District Judge I . Leo Glasser ordered Kumar to surrender by August 14 , 2007 to the Federal Correctional Center in Fairton , New Jersey , to begin serving his 12 - year sentence , and on that date he did so . " I stand before your honor today to take full responsibility for my actions , " Kumar said prior to sentencing . " I know that I was wrong and there ’ s no excuse for my conduct . " On April 13 , 2007 , Judge Glasser approved an agreement for Kumar to pay $ 798 . 6 million in restitution , at least $ 52 million by December 31 , 2008 . After he serves his 12 - year prison term , the government may take 20 % of his future gross annual pay for restitution . At one time , Kumar was a part owner , with Wang , in the New York Islanders hockey team and New York Dragons arena football team , but , according to local news reports , Wang purchased Kumar ' s share in 2006 .