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Nikesh Arora leads Palo Alto Networks as chairman and CEO. He previously served as SoftBank’s president and COO and Google’s chief business officer, after founding T-Motion and leading marketing at T-Mobile International.
Nikesh Arora leads Palo Alto Networks as chairman and CEO. He previously served as SoftBank’s president and COO and Google’s chief business officer, after founding T-Motion and leading marketing at T-Mobile International.
Career
Nikesh Arora studied at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi (BTech, Electrical Engineering (1989)), Northeastern University (MBA (1992)), and Boston College (MS, Finance).
UDirector at Uber from 2025-05 to Present
RLead Independent Director at Richemont from 2025-04 to Present
PAChairman and CEO at Palo Alto Networks from 2018-06 to Present
GCLead Independent Director at General Catalyst until Present
GTAdvisor at Glean Technologies until Present
MDirector at Moveworks from 2021-05 to 2024
SAdvisor at SoftBank from 2016-06 to 2017-12
YJChairman of the Board at Yahoo Japan from 2015-06 to 2016-06
SDirector at Sprint from 2014-11 to 2016-06
GSenior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google from 2011-01 to 2014
TIChief Marketing Officer at T-Mobile International from 2001-07 to 2004-09
TFounder and CEO at T-Motion from 2000-04 to 2002
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Cosigns Received
Hemant TanejaCEO at General Catalyst
Nikesh is a rare combination: someone who thinks like an investor and builds like an operator.