Born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Nikesh Arora has been the chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks since June, 2018. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc.. Coming from an air-force background, Nikesh toiled hard for his success and is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU and Boston College, Northeastern University.
