Nikesh Arora
$1.4B
Born
Feb 15, 1968
Age
57
Source of Wealth
Cybersecurity, SoftBank, Google
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
- 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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