Nikesh Arora

CEO

Palo Alto Networks

Background

Arora joined as chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018. Before that, he served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions during a 10-year span at Google Inc., including senior vice president and chief business officer, president of global sales operations and business development, and president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Google, Arora held the role of chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG, and he was chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.