Jay Chaudhry (born 1958) is an

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billionaire entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of cloud security company

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Early life

Chaudhry was born in Panoh, a village in Una district of the state of

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, India. His parents were small scale farmers. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), and a master's in Computer Engineering, a Master's in Industrial Engineering and MBA from the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

Career

In 1997, Chaudhry founded SecureIT (acquired by Verisign) and

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(acquired by

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). He also founded AirDefense (acquired by

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) and CoreHarbor (acquired by

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). After Zscaler's March 2018 IPO, Chaudhry was reckoned to be a billionaire. In 2018, Chaudhry was selected as a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award program in

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. With a net worth of US$16.3 billion (as of October 2021), Chaudhry was included in the 2021 Forbes 400 list of richest people in America securing a rank of 45th in the list. He was among 7

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who made this list.

Personal life

He is married to Jyoti, they have three children, and live in

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, US.

References

1950s births Living people American billionaires American company founders American chief executives Banaras Hindu University alumni University of Cincinnati alumni People from Saratoga, California Indian emigrants to the United States American people of Indian descent {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub