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{{Infobox person
| name = Jay Chaudhry
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1958}}<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Jay Chaudhry |url= https://www.forbes.com/profile/jay-chaudhry/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=27 September 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Una district|Una]], [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]], [[East Punjab]], India<br> {{small|(now in [[Himachal Pradesh]], India)}}
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| citizenship = American
| education = {{plainlist|*[[Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi#History| Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU)]]
*[[University of Cincinnati]]}}
| occupation = Businessman
| known for = Founder, CEO and 45% owner of [[Zscaler]]
| networth = {{down}}US$ 9.96 billion (May 2021)<ref name=Bloomberg>{{cite web |title=Bloomberg profile: Jay Chaudhry |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/jagtar-s-chaudhry/ |website=Bloomberg |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
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| spouse = Jyoti Chaudhry
| children = 3
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'''Jay Chaudhry''' (born 1958) is an Indian-American billionaire entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of cloud security company [[Zscaler]].

==Early life==
Chaudhry was born in Panoh, a village in [[Una district]] of the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=Gadgets Now |title=10 things to know about the newest 'Indian entry' in the world's billionaires' club |url=https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/10-things-to-know-about-the-newest-indian-entry-in-the-worlds-billionaires-club/Born-in-a-small-village-in-Himachal-Pradesh/photolist/68292664.cms |website=Gadgetsnow.com |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Suryamurthy |first1=R |title=HP boy strikes goldmine in USA |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000111/main6.htm |website=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg, 1 March 2019">{{cite news |last1=Stupples |first1=Benjamin |title=Himalayas-Born Cyber Tycoon Climbs Into World's Richest Club |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-01/himalayan-boy-rises-into-world-s-richest-club-with-cyber-fortune |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Bloomberg LP |date=1 March 2019}}</ref> His parents were small scale farmers. <ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiMarch 3|first1=Akanksha Upadhyay New|last2=March 3|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 23:16|title=Meet Jay Chaudhry: From studying under a tree in Himalayan village to being the 9th richest Indian|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/meet-jay-chaudhry-from-studying-under-a-tree-in-himalayan-village-to-being-the-9th-richest-indian-1775307-2021-03-03|access-date=2021-09-02|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

He earned a bachelor's degree from the [[Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi#History|Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU)]], and a master's in Computer Engineering, a Master's in Industrial Engineering and MBA from the [[University of Cincinnati]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web |title=Jay Chaudhry: Chairman/CEO/Co-Founder, Zscaler Inc |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/4350624 |website=Bloomberg LP |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1997, Chaudhry founded SecureIT (acquired by [[Verisign]]) and [[CipherTrust]] (acquired by [[Secure Computing Corporation]]).<ref name="Bloomberg profile"/>
He also founded AirDefense (acquired by [[Motorola]]) and CoreHarbor (acquired by [[AT&T]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Verisign buys SecureIT |date=6 July 1998|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/verisign-buys-secureit/ |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jay Chaudhry |date=15 August 2019|url=https://alejandrocremades.com/jay-chaudhry/|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> After Zscaler's March 2018 IPO,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Owens |first1=Jeremy C. |title=Zscaler IPO: 5 things to know about the first big tech IPO of 2018 |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/zscaler-ipo-five-things-to-know-about-the-first-big-tech-ipo-of-2018-2018-03-14 |website=Marketwatch.com |publisher=MarketWatch |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref> Chaudhry was reckoned to be a billionaire.<ref name="Bloomberg, 1 March 2019"/>

In 2018, Chaudhry was selected as a finalist for the [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award|EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award]] program in [[Northern California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180515005541/en/Zscaler-CEO-Jay-Chaudhry-Recognized-Entrepreneurial-Successes|title=Zscaler CEO, Jay Chaudhry, Recognized for His Entrepreneurial Successes|date=2018-05-15|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>

With a net worth of US$6.9 billion (as of October 2020), Chaudhry was included in the 2020 [[Forbes 400]] list of richest people in America securing a rank of 85th in the list. He was among 7 [[Indian-Americans]] who made this list.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Indian-Americans In Forbes' List Of Richest People In The U.S. |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/global-economics/seven-indian-americans-in-forbes-list-of-richest-people-in-us |website=bloombergquint.com |publisher=[[BloombergQuint]] |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Forbes 400 |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/ |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married to Jyoti, they have three children, and live in [[Reno, Nevada]], US.<ref name="Forbes profile"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Association|first=IIT BHU Global Alumni|title=Banaras to the States: The Story of Jay Chaudhry - Newsroom|url=https://connect.iitbhuglobal.org/newsroom/news/Banaras-to-the-States-The-Story-of-Jay-Chaudhry.dz|access-date=2021-03-06|website=IIT BHU Global Alumni Association|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:University of Cincinnati alumni]]
[[Category:People from Saratoga, California]]
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