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Nikesh Arora
Nikesh Arora (born February 9, 1968) is an Indian-American billionaire business executive. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since June 2018. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google and president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth was estimated at $1.5 billion in early 2024.
Nikesh Arora was born to an Indian Air Force officer in a Punjabi family, Arora completed his schooling at The Air Force School, and went on to graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (presently IIT (BHU)) in Varanasi, India, with a Bachelors in Engineering in Electrical Engineering in 1989. He holds a M.S. degree in finance from Boston College and an MBA from Northeastern University. He has held the CFA designation since 1999.
In 2000, Arora established T-Motion, a subsidiary within Deutsche Telekom. In 2002, T-Motion was integrated into T-Mobile's core services.
Arora joined Google in 2004. He held multiple senior operating leadership roles at Google, as vice president, Europe operations from 2004 to 2007, president Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2007 to 2009, and president, global sales operations and business development from 2009 to 2010.
Arora left Google in 2014, resigning from the post of senior vice president and chief business officer.
Arora was president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Corp. from 2014 to 2016 receiving total compensation over $200 million, a Japanese record at the time.
In June 2018, Arora became the CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks.
In 2023, Arora's total compensation from Palo Alto Networks was $151.4 million, up 1,355% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 735-to-1 for the company, as well as making Arora the fourth highest paid CEO in the U.S. that year. For 2024, Arora's total compensation was $58 million.
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Nikesh Arora
Nikesh Arora (born February 9, 1968) is an Indian-American billionaire business executive. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since June 2018. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google and president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth was estimated at $1.5 billion in early 2024.
Nikesh Arora was born to an Indian Air Force officer in a Punjabi family, Arora completed his schooling at The Air Force School, and went on to graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (presently IIT (BHU)) in Varanasi, India, with a Bachelors in Engineering in Electrical Engineering in 1989. He holds a M.S. degree in finance from Boston College and an MBA from Northeastern University. He has held the CFA designation since 1999.
In 2000, Arora established T-Motion, a subsidiary within Deutsche Telekom. In 2002, T-Motion was integrated into T-Mobile's core services.
Arora joined Google in 2004. He held multiple senior operating leadership roles at Google, as vice president, Europe operations from 2004 to 2007, president Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2007 to 2009, and president, global sales operations and business development from 2009 to 2010.
Arora left Google in 2014, resigning from the post of senior vice president and chief business officer.
Arora was president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Corp. from 2014 to 2016 receiving total compensation over $200 million, a Japanese record at the time.
In June 2018, Arora became the CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks.
In 2023, Arora's total compensation from Palo Alto Networks was $151.4 million, up 1,355% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 735-to-1 for the company, as well as making Arora the fourth highest paid CEO in the U.S. that year. For 2024, Arora's total compensation was $58 million.
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