THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF AN IITian JAY CHAUDHRY

Jay Chaudhry was born in 1958 in Panoh village, located in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Coming from a family of small-scale farmers, Jay’s early life was filled with challenges. He often studied outdoors under a tree and had to walk long distances to reach his high school.

Undeterred by the difficulties he faced, Jay Chaudhry's never gave up. His determination and sharp intellect led him ahead and he pursued an engineering degree from IIT BHU. He then advanced his education in the United States, where he earned a master’s degree in engineering and management from the University of Cincinnati.

Jay Chaudhry embarked on his entrepreneurial journey in 1996 by founding SecureIT, a cybersecurity firm. Over the years, he launched other successful tech ventures such as CoreHarbor, CipherTrust and AirDefense, all of which were later acquired by major companies.

In 2008, he founded Zscaler, a cloud security firm that quickly became a key player in the cybersecurity space. When Zscaler went public in March 2018, it cemented Jay's status as a billionaire entrepreneur.

As per Forbes India, his net worth was estimated at $8.3 billion, now potentially around $16.3 billion, placing him among the world’s richest and most influential business figures.