Full Name

Nikesh Arora

Job Title

Chairperson & CEO

Company

Palo Alto Networks

Speaker Bio

Nikesh Arora is Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, the world’s leading cybersecurity company. During his tenure of seven years, he has led the company through a major transformation to become the global leader in AI and cybersecurity, and the security partner of choice for enterprise organizations and governments around the world. Before joining Palo Alto Networks in 2018, Mr. Arora served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, Mr. Arora spent ten years at Google, Inc. as a senior executive, where he was senior vice president and chief business officer, president of global sales operations and business development, and president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His career also includes serving as chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG, and chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002. Nikesh Arora serves on the board of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, and Tipping Point, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.B.A. in business administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College, and a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University. He has received numerous awards for leadership and influence shaping the culture of Palo Alto Networks including Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces (2023, 2022, 2021), CRN’s Top 100 Executives “Most influential”, Comparably’s Annual list of Best CEOs for Women, with a score of 100 on the Disability Equality Index (2023, 2022), and HRC Best Places for LGBTQ+ Equality (2022).