Rank #2713
Nikesh Arora
Net worth $1.5B
Cybersecurity, SoftBank, Google · United States
- Born
- Feb 15, 1968
- Age
- 58
- Source
- Cybersecurity, SoftBank, Google
- Residence
- Atherton, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Nikesh Arora has been chairman and CEO of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since 2018.
- The firm's stock has soared under Arora's leadership, making both him and the company's founder, Nir Zuk, billionaires.
- Arora has netted nearly $800 million (before taxes) exercising options and selling shares since 2023.
- He previously worked at Google for nearly a decade, where he rose to chief business officer, before leaving for Japanese investment giant SoftBank in 2014.
- Arora was promoted to president and chief operating officer of SoftBank in 2015 and touted as the likely successor to the firm's billionaire founder Masayoshi Son.
- Things didn't go as planned, and Arora resigned from SoftBank in 2016. He ended up cashing out at least $360 million (before taxes) during his short stint at the company.
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