Nikesh Arora

Nikesh Arora is an Indian-American business executive. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since June 2018. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google and president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016 In June 2018, Arora became the CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks.[3] In 2023, Arora's total compensation from Palo Alto Networks was $151.4 million, up 1,355% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 735-to-1 for the company, as well as making Arora the fourth highest paid CEO in the U.S. that year.[16]