In Conversation with Nikesh Arora — Timeless
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Nikesh Arora on risk, rejection, Google, SoftBank, Palo Alto Networks, cybersecurity, and building a culture that survives technological change.
I met with Nikesh at Palo Alto Networks’ headquarters back in April and was immediately struck by how candid he was. Despite reaching remarkable success in his career—running Google Europe, working at SoftBank, being CEO of Palo Alto Networks—he refuses to accept any compliments. I called him even-keeled and he joked that his wife wouldn’t necessarily agree. When I asked him about his childhood to see if there was some indication he would become the Nikesh he is today, he laughed it off and called himself a boring kid. The line he used was, “I don’t have anything bizarre; maybe that’s why I…
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