Portrait of Orion Hindawi

Rank #3314

Orion Hindawi

Net worth $1.1B

Software · United States

Born
Jan 10, 1980
Age
46
Source
Software
Residence
Seattle, Washington
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Drop Out, University of California, Berkeley

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Orion Hindawi cofounded cybersecurity firm Tanium with his father David in 2007; private investors valued the firm at $9 billion in June 2020.
  • In February 2016, Orion took over as CEO of Tanium from his father, who serves as executive chairman.
  • The father-son team previously worked together on BigFix, an IT software patching system that they sold to IBM for $400 million in 2010.
  • Orion's father David was born in Baghdad, grew up in Israel, and went to UC Berkeley to earn a Ph.D.
  • Orion also ended up at UC Berkeley in 1997, but dropped out before graduating to work with his father.