Nikesh Arora - CEO @ Palo Alto Networks - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title CEO
Primary Organization
Palo Alto Networks

Location Santa Clara, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Nikesh Arora is based out of Santa Clara, California, and is the Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks and Lead Independent Director of General Catalyst. Nikesh previously worked at SoftBank as President and Chief Operating Officer. Nikesh Arora attended Boston College.

Personal Investments

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Nikesh Arora

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Pre Seed Round - Calibre

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Calibre

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Calibre	—	Pre Seed Round - Calibre	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	RunSybil	—	Seed Round - RunSybil	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Outtake	—	Series B - Outtake	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Factory	—	Series B - Factory	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Console	—	Series A - Console	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Brain Co.	—	Series A - Brain Co.	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pensero AI	No	Seed Round - Pensero AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Outtake	—	Series A - Outtake	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Bitwise	—	Venture Round - Bitwise	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Dreamer	—	Seed Round - Dreamer	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	HeadSpin	Palo Alto Networks	—	Series C - HeadSpin	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Snapdeal	SoftBank Telecom Corp	Yes	Venture Round - Snapdeal	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Snapdeal	SoftBank Telecom Corp	Yes	Venture Round - Snapdeal	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Legendary Entertainment	SoftBank Group	Yes	Venture Round - Legendary Entertainment	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Nikesh Arora

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Verse

Nuzzel

, and

Dreamer

Verse Verse offers a payments platform that allows users to share payments easily, instantly, and with no hidden fees.
Nuzzel Nuzzel is a professional news discovery service used by many of the top influencers in media, technology, and finance
Dreamer Dreamer is a platform for building and deploying personalized AI agents.

Jobs

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Nikesh Arora

has

current jobs as

CEO

Palo Alto Networks

and

Chairman & CEO

LightCyber

. Additionally,

Nikesh Arora

has had

past jobs including

CEO

SoftBank Telecom Corp

Palo Alto Networks CEOJun 6, 2018
LightCyber Chairman & CEOJun 2018

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
SoftBank Telecom Corp	CEO	Sep 2014	Jun 21, 2016
SoftBank	President and Chief Operating Officer	May 12, 2015	Jun 21, 2016
Google	Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer	Jan 2011	Aug 2014
Google	President EMEA Sales, Marketing & Partnerships	Dec 2004	Jan 2011
T-Mobile	Chief Marketing Officer, Europe	Jul 2001	Dec 2004
T-Motion	CEO and Founder	Apr 2000	Jul 2001
Putnam Investments	Vice President	Apr 1997	Apr 2000
Fidelity	Vice President of Finance	May 1992	Apr 1997

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Nikesh Arora

holds

board and advisor roles including

Lead Independent Director

General Catalyst

Board Member

HeadSpin

, and

Chairman

Palo Alto Networks

General Catalyst Lead Independent DirectorApr 2026
HeadSpin Board MemberFeb 25, 2020
Palo Alto Networks ChairmanJun 6, 2018
Yahoo! Japan Chairman of the Board of DirectorsJun 2015
Sprint Member of the Board of DirectorsNov 2014
Tipping Point Community Member of the Board of DirectorsJun 2014
Harlem Children's Zone Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 2013
Silver Lake Senior Member of the Advisory Board

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
SoftBank	Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors	Sep 2014	Jun 2016

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