# Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman & Founder

> Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman & Founder. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Jay Chaudhry

CEO, Chairman & Founder

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +3 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- Air2Web

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Zscaler, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2024

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 31 Mar 2025 · 57 min From India to Silicon Valley: The Jay Chaudhry & Zscaler Story With [Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk)[Satya Nadella](https://millionrounds.com/person/satya-nadella)[Steve Ballmer](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-ballmer) About this episode Before Zscaler was a $32B cloud security giant, it was just 10 engineers, half in Bangalore, half in a borrowed U.S. office. As founder and CEO of Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry bet $50M of his own money on one radical idea: secure the internet in the cloud. Born in a Himalayan village with no electricity,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) · 17 Jan 2025 · 1h 2m EP 128: Jay Chaudhry (CEO, Zscaler) On Picking The Best Markets, Risking Everything, & Scaling to $30B With [Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) About this episode Jay Chaudhry is the definition of a self-starter. Born in the Himalayas with no running water or electricity until high school, Jay has now scaled Zscaler to a $30B public company. He and his wife went all in many times over, betting their life savings and quitting their jobs to launch their first… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 1 Jul 2024 · 43 min #197 CEO, Chairman & Founder Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry: No Attachment With [Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) Mentions [Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen) About this episode Guest: Jay Chaudhry, CEO, chairman, and founder of Zscaler Much of the media coverage of Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry is quick to identify him as the wealthiest Indian-American person, with a net worth of $10.8 billion. But to hear Jay himself tell it, that number has never been very important to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Jay Chaudhry in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 12 Aug 2024 · 1h 9m #203 CEO Niantic, John Hanke: Buried Ships With [John Hanke](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-hanke) Mentions [Frank Slootman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)[Mark Zuckerberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-zuckerberg)[Noam Bardin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noam-bardin)[David Lawee](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-lawee)[Gilman Louie](https://millionrounds.com/person/gilman-louie)[Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) About this episode Guest: John Hanke, CEO of Niantic When Pokémon Go launched, Niantic CEO John Hanke was enjoying a tranquil walk through a bamboo forest near Kyoto with his son. When he got back, it was all hands on deck: Building on a platform Niantic had developed for its previous game, Ingress, Pokémon Go was… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 8 Jul 2024 · 55 min #198 CEO & Co-Founder Wayfair, Niraj Shah: Homeward With [Niraj Shah](https://millionrounds.com/person/niraj-shah) Mentions [Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) About this episode Guest: Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of Wayfair Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah caught the entrepreneurship bug in his mid-20s, when he and his longtime co-founder Steve Conine sold their first company just a few years out of college. They left the acquirer and independently realized “we absolutely… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) · 16 Aug 2023 · 57 min Ep 198 Tech Titans at the ACG 2023 Grow Awards Mentions [Jay Chaudhry](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-chaudhry) About this episode Guest interviewed in this episode include: Jay Chaudhry https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaychaudhry/ Seasoned and successful entrepreneur and CEO. Looking for ambitious, driven professionals to join the Zscaler family. Jay Chaudhry is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded a series of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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