Primary Job Title Founder and Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Fortinet
Location Israel, Asia Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage
Ken Xie has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2012. Xie has served as the president and chief executive officer of Fortinet, Inc., a publicly traded network security solutions company, since he co-founded Fortinet in October 2000.
Prior to co-founding Fortinet, Xie was the founder, president and chief executive officer of
NetScreen Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded provider of network security products, which was acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc., an IP network solutions company, in April 2004.
Additionally, Xie was managing partner of Jedi Venture, a venture capital investment fund, founder, president, and chief executive officer of Stanford Infosystems International, Inc., and security architect for Healtheon Corporation, a health information services company, and Philips Semiconductors, a computer equipment manufacturer.
Xie received a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
