Nikesh Arora

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Nikesh Arora
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Arora in 2009
Born (1968-02-09) February 9, 1968 (age 55)
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
CitizenshipUnited States [1]
Education CFA
Alma mater IIT (BHU) Varanasi (BTech)
Boston College
Northeastern University (MBA)
Occupation(s)CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks
SpouseAyesha Thapar
Family Thapar family (through marriage)

Nikesh Arora (born February 9, 1968) is an Indian-American business executive. [2] Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google. [3] He was the president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. On June 1, 2018, Arora took on the role of CEO and chairman at Palo Alto Networks. [2]

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Early life

Born to an Indian Air Force officer, [4] Arora completed his schooling at The Air Force School (Subroto Park), [5] and went on to graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU in Varanasi, India, with a bachelors of technology degree in electrical engineering in 1989. [6] He holds a M.S. degree in Finance from Boston College and an M.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University. He has held the CFA designation since 1999. [6]

Career

T-Motion PLC

In 2000, Arora established T-Motion, a subsidiary within Deutsche Telekom, "providing value-added services to the 3G Services of Deutsche Telekom." A few years after, in 2002, T-Motion was integrated into T-Mobile's core services.[ citation needed ] [7]

Google

Arora joined Google in 2004.[ citation needed ] [8] He held multiple senior operating leadership roles at Google, as vice president, Europe operations from 2004 to 2007, president Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2007 to 2009, and president, global sales operations and business development from 2009 to 2010. [9] He was senior vice president and chief business officer of Google Inc. (Google) since January 2011 until July 2014.[ citation needed ]

He left Google in July 2014 resigning from the post of senior vice president and chief business officer. [10] [11]

SoftBank Corp.

Arora was president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Corp. from 2014 to 2016 [10] [11] receiving total compensation over $200 million, [12] a Japanese record at the time. [13]

Other experiences

Arora was chief marketing officer and a member of the management board at T-Mobile, Bharti Airtel, Europe [14] and serves as a Trustee at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles, California. [15]

Since 2007, Arora has been a senior advisor to Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm. [16]

From 2001 to 2004, he was chief marketing officer of the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG. He was chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.[ citation needed ]

Arora began his career at Fidelity Investments in 1992, holding a variety of finance and technology management positions, ultimately serving as vice president, finance of Fidelity Technologies. [17]

Arora worked for Deutsche Telekom, Putnam Investments, Fidelity Investments. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nikesh Arora: From being jobless to getting the world's best jobs!".
  2. 1 2 "Palo Alto Networks Announces Record Revenues and Billings and Board Appoints Nikesh Arora as CEO and Chairman – Palo Alto Networks". www.paloaltonetworks.com.
  3. ↑ Harner, Stephen. "SoftBank's Masayoshi Son 'Bets The Ranch' On Nikesh Arora". Forbes.
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  7. ↑ Hiltzik, Michael (June 26, 2020). "Column: With its Sprint merger in the bag, T-Mobile is already backing away from its promises". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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  10. 1 2 Hof, Robert. "Google Management Surprise: Longtime Sales Chief Nikesh Arora Leaves For SoftBank". Forbes.
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  12. ↑ "SoftBank's long-term plan abruptly cut short". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016.
  13. ↑ McCombs, Dave (June 22, 2015). "SoftBank Sets Pay Record With $135 Million Pay for Arora". Bloomberg.
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  15. ↑ "Board of Trustees Page". Index. Paley Center for Media. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
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