Zhamak Dehghani, a leading expert on distributed systems and big data architecture, introduced the concept of Data Mesh in 2018 to revolutionize how companies interact with their data. The approach aims to unlock value from data and make it more accessible by decentralizing responsibility for data quality and management within each domain of a company. Key principles of the Data Mesh approach include domain ownership, treating data as a product, leveraging self-serve data platforms, and implementing federated computational governance. Dehghani's ideas have gained traction in various industries, offering companies an alternative to traditional centralized data management systems.