Nikesh Arora

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Nikesh Arora joined as chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc. during a 10-year span, 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, Nikesh held the role of chief marketing officer for 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.

Nikesh serves on the board of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, and Tipping Point, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College and a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
5
Nikesh Arora has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 1, 2017, when Netomi raised $4.70M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Nov 10, 2022 Even Convertable Note ₹1.23B Health Care Detail
Nov 2, 2022 Arta Finance Series A $90M Finance Detail
Mar 30, 2022 Builder.ai Series C $100M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Jul 23, 2021 Even Seed $5M Health Care Detail
Mar 1, 2017 Netomi Seed $4.70M Artificial Intelligence Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Nikesh Arora has 1 current jobs including Senior Member of the Advisory Board at Silver Lake , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Silver Lake Senior Member of the Advisory Board Detail