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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chartered_Financial_Analyst" title="Chartered Financial Analyst">CFA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IIT_(BHU)_Varanasi" title="IIT (BHU) Varanasi">IIT (BHU) Varanasi</a> (<a href="/wiki/BTech" class="mw-redirect" title="BTech">BTech</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">CEO and chairman of <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks" title="Palo Alto Networks">Palo Alto Networks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ayesha Thapar</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2014)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thapar_family" title="Thapar family">Thapar family</a> (by marriage)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nikesh Arora</b> (born February 9, 1968)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian-American</a> business executive. He has been the <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the American cybersecurity company <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks" title="Palo Alto Networks">Palo Alto Networks</a> since June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-palo-alto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palo-alto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arora was formerly a senior executive at <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and president of <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a> from October 2014 to June 2016. According to the <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Billionaires_Index" title="Bloomberg Billionaires Index">Bloomberg Billionaires Index</a>, his net worth was estimated at $1.5 billion in early 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born to an <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> officer,<sup id="cite_ref-nikesh_arora_father_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nikesh_arora_father-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arora completed his schooling at <a href="/wiki/The_Air_Force_School" title="The Air Force School">The Air Force School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nikesh_arora_six_things_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nikesh_arora_six_things-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and went on to graduate from <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology,_BHU" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology, BHU">Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banaras_Hindu_University" title="Banaras Hindu University">Banaras Hindu University</a> (presently IIT (BHU)) in <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>, India, with a Bachelors in Engineering in <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">Electrical Engineering</a> in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-google_management_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google_management-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He holds a <a href="/wiki/M.S." class="mw-redirect" title="M.S.">M.S.</a> degree in Finance from <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a> from <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern University</a>. He has held the <a href="/wiki/Chartered_Financial_Analyst" title="Chartered Financial Analyst">CFA</a> designation since 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-google_management_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google_management-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T-Motion_PLC">T-Motion PLC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: T-Motion PLC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, Arora established T-Motion, a <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> within <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom" title="Deutsche Telekom">Deutsche Telekom</a>, "providing value-added services to the 3G Services of Deutsche Telekom." A few years after, in 2002, T-Motion was integrated into <a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_International_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="T-Mobile International AG">T-Mobile</a>'s core services.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Google">Google</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Google"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arora joined Google in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was senior vice president and chief business officer of Google Inc. (Google) since January 2011 until July 2014.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He left Google in July 2014 resigning from the post of <a href="/wiki/Senior_vice_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior vice president">senior vice president</a> and chief business officer.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-softbank_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-softbank-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SoftBank_Corp.">SoftBank Corp.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: SoftBank Corp."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arora was president and chief operating officer of <a href="/wiki/SoftBank" class="mw-redirect" title="SoftBank">SoftBank</a> Corp. from 2014 to 2016<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-softbank_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-softbank-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving total compensation over $200 million,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Japanese record at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Palo_Alto_Networks">Palo Alto Networks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Palo Alto Networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2018, Arora became the CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks.<sup id="cite_ref-palo-alto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palo-alto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wage_ratio" title="Wage ratio">pay ratio</a> of 735-to-1 for the company, as well as making Arora the fourth highest paid CEO in the US that year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_experiences">Other experiences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other experiences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arora was chief marketing officer and a member of the management board at T-Mobile, <a href="/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" title="Bharti Airtel">Bharti Airtel</a>, Europe<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_TMob_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET_TMob-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and serves as a Trustee at the <a href="/wiki/Paley_Center_for_Media" title="Paley Center for Media">Paley Center for Media</a> in Los Angeles, California.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2007, Arora has been a senior advisor to <a href="/wiki/Silver_Lake_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Lake Partners">Silver Lake Partners</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Private_equity_firm" title="Private equity firm">private equity firm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2001 to 2004, he was chief marketing officer of the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG. He was <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Arora began his career at Fidelity Investments in 1992, holding a variety of finance and technology management positions, ultimately serving as vice president, finance of Fidelity Technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arora has also worked for <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom" title="Deutsche Telekom">Deutsche Telekom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putnam_Investments" title="Putnam Investments">Putnam Investments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fidelity_Investments" title="Fidelity Investments">Fidelity Investments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has also been a board member of <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Corporation" title="Sprint Corporation">Sprint Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colgate-Palmolive" title="Colgate-Palmolive">Colgate-Palmolive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Japan">Yahoo! Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arora has a daughter from his first marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-et2017_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His second marriage was to Ayesha Thapar, an Indian industrial heiress, in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have a son and a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-et2017_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikesh_Arora&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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