Jay Chaudhry

Jay Chaudhry (born 1958/1959) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and the CEO and founder of Zscaler, a cybersecurity company. Prior to this, he founded AirDefense (acquired by Motorola), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing), CoreHarbor (acquired by AT&T) and SecureIT (acquired by Verisign).[2][3]

Jay Chaudhry
Born1958/1959 (age 61–62)[1]
India
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationIndian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
University of Cincinnati
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder and 45% owner of Zscaler
Net worthUS$7.9 billion (September 2020)[1]
TitleCEO, Zscaler
Board member ofZscaler
Air2Web
Spouse(s)Jyoti Chaudhry
Children3

Early life

Chaudhry was born in Panoh, a Himalayan village without running water in Una district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.[4][5][6] He earned a bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, and a master's and MBA from the University of Cincinnati.[7]

Career

In 1997, Chaudhry founded SecureIT and CipherTrust.[7] He is also a board member of Air2Web.[7] After Zscaler's March 2018 IPO,[8] Chaudhry was reckoned to be a billionaire.[6] In 2018, Chaudhry was selected as a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award program in Northern California.[9] With a net worth of $6.9B (as of Oct 2020), Chaudhry was included in the 2020 Forbes 400 list of richest people in America securing a rank of 85th in the list. He is among 7 Indian-Americans who made this list.[10][11]

Personal life

He is married to Jyoti, they have three children, and live in Saratoga, California.[1]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Jay Chaudhry". Forbes. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "Verisign buys SecureIT". 6 July 1998. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "Jay Chaudhry". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. Bureau, Gadgets Now. "10 things to know about the newest 'Indian entry' in the world's billionaires' club". Gadgetsnow.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. Suryamurthy, R. "HP boy strikes goldmine in USA". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. Stupples, Benjamin (1 March 2019). "Himalayas-Born Cyber Tycoon Climbs Into World's Richest Club". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. "Jay Chaudhry: Chairman/CEO/Co-Founder, Zscaler Inc". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. Owens, Jeremy C. "Zscaler IPO: 5 things to know about the first big tech IPO of 2018". Marketwatch.com. MarketWatch. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  9. "Zscaler CEO, Jay Chaudhry, Recognized for His Entrepreneurial Successes". www.businesswire.com. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  10. "Seven Indian-Americans In Forbes' List Of Richest People In The U.S." bloombergquint.com. BloombergQuint. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  11. "The Forbes 400". forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 19 October 2020.


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