Forbes

JAY CHAUDHRY

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$3.6

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: ( SOURCE: CYBERSECUR­ITY AGE: 60 RESIDENCE: SARATOGA, CA PHILANTHRO­PY SCORE: N.A. Chaudhry grew up in a tiny village in the Himalayas in India, where there was no electricit­y until he was in eighth grade and no running water until he was in tenth grade. His first time on a plane: a one-way flight to the U.S. to attend the University of Cincinnati in 1980. Before founding cybersecur­ity software firm ZScaler in 2008, Chaudhry started four other tech companies that were all acquired. ZScaler went public in March 2018, and its shares have since doubled; he owns a 46% stake.

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