Zscaler, Inc.
Leadership History
1 leader · 2007 to present
Jay Chaudhry is the CEO of Zscaler, in the role since 2007.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Chaudhry | Co-founder, Chairman and CEO | 2007 | Present | 19 |
Zscaler sells cloud-delivered security services that sit between users, devices, applications, and the internet. Its Zero Trust Exchange enforces identity-aware access, inspection, and data protection from the cloud instead of relying on firewalls and VPNs at the corporate perimeter.
Zscaler earns almost all of its revenue from subscriptions to cloud security services, usually sold on annual or multi-year contracts and priced by users, workloads, or modules. Core products are Zscaler Internet Access (secure web gateway), Zscaler Private Access (zero trust access to internal apps), and Zscaler Digital Experience (performance monitoring), with data protection, workload security, security operations, and AI security sold on top. Most sales go through channel partners and service providers. Deferred revenue was $2.926 billion at July 31, 2026, up 19%. Red Canary, bought in 2025, brought a managed detection and response business that contributed $141 million of ARR at the end of fiscal 2026.
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO
2007 – Present
19 years (current)
Built Zscaler as a cloud-only security service, took it public in 2018, and expanded it through acquisitions including Avalor, Airgap Networks, and Red Canary.
Has led the company since founding; fiscal 2026 revenue reached $3.353 billion.
These officers report to the chief executive and are not part of the CEO timeline above.
GAAP net losses despite strong non-GAAP margins; slower guided growth for fiscal 2027 (about 17%); sales leadership change in September 2026; platform competition from Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, Netskope, and Cloudflare; integrating Red Canary.
Jay Chaudhry has served as Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Zscaler continuously since founding the company in 2007, guiding it to public market cybersecurity leadership.
Chaudhry grew up in Panoh, a remote village in the foothills of the Himalayas in India without running water or electricity, studying under trees before earning an engineering degree from IIT BHU.
Chaudhry founded and exited SecureIT (acquired by VeriSign), CoreHarbor (acquired by USi/AT&T), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing/McAfee), and AirDefense (acquired by Motorola).
Having generated hundreds of millions from his prior startup exits, Chaudhry self-funded Zscaler with $50 million of his own family capital, retaining significant equity control without early venture dilution.
Chaudhry champions disruptive innovation, intense customer obsession, long-term technological conviction, and financial discipline, rejecting the growth-at-all-costs mindset.
Key leadership includes Chief Financial Officer Remo Canessa (veteran tech CFO who took Zscaler public), Chief Revenue Officer Mike Rich, and Chief Technology Officer Syam Nair.
Ranked among the world's top self-made technology billionaires, Chaudhry has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and IIT BHU's Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Chaudhry envisions Zscaler as the indispensable secure operating fabric of the digital world, protecting users, cloud workloads, and AI agents across every enterprise connection on Earth.
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