Founder Profile
Jay Chaudhry
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Jay Chaudhry?
Jay Chaudhry is a founder of Zscaler, Inc., which was founded in 2007 with K. Kailash.
- Company founded
- Zscaler, Inc.
- Founded
- 2007
- Co-founders
- K. Kailash
Background
Chaudhry studied engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi and earned graduate degrees at the University of Cincinnati before working in enterprise technology and founding several security startups.
Founding Story
Jay Chaudhry founded and sold security companies including SecureIT, CipherTrust, and AirDefense before starting Zscaler in 2007. He has served as chief executive officer since founding and also chairs the board. Under his leadership Zscaler went public in 2018 and expanded from secure web gateway into private access, data protection, security operations, and AI security.
Sources
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- Zscaler Q4 and fiscal 2026 results (Zscaler, Inc.)
- Zscaler 2025 Form 10-K (Zscaler, Inc.)