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| Born | July 1979 (age 44) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Title | Co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, Inc. |
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| Children | 2 |
Michelle Zatlyn (born July 1979) is a Canadian businesswoman. She is the co-founder, president, chief operating officer and a board member of American content delivery network provider and cybersecurity firm Cloudflare.
Michelle Zatlyn was born in July 1979 [1] in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada where she grew up. [2] [3] [4] She attended Carlton Comprehensive High School where she was once the captain of the basketball team. [2] She graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 2001 and then got a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. [5] [6] Zatlyn is married and has two children. [7] She lives in San Francisco. [8] [9]
After a summer internship at Google and a stint as a product manager at Toshiba, [10] [11] Zatlyn joined the founding team of Toronto-based startup I Love Rewards (later Achievers), a global employee rewards program. [12] [13] [14] She co-founded Cloudflare with Harvard Business School classmates Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway in 2009. [11] She sits on Cloudflare's board and serves as the company's president and COO. [15] [16]
Speaking about her co-founding of Cloudflare, Zatlyn states:
When we came up with Cloudflare, I knew nothing about internet security, but I care a lot about liking what I'm doing. I knew if I could help create internet security, that's something I could work hard for and be proud [of]; 10 years later, we have 165 data centres, 12 million domains and more than 800 employees. [10]
Zatlyn was appointed to the board of directors for Australian software company, Atlassian, in September 2021. [17] She is also a member of the cybersecurity team of Aspen Institute. [18]
Zatlyn was named as one of Fortune magazine's "40 Under 40" (2017) [19] and Forbes 's "50 Self-Made Women" (2021); [20] she was also nominated as C100's "Icon of Canadian Entrepreneurship" (2019). [21] As of 2021, she is a member of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. [22] As of April 2024, [update] Forbes estimated her net worth at US$ 1.2 billion. [11] Zatlyn was also listed among the world's richest self-made women by Forbes in 2024. [23]
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