Nikesh Arora (CEO, Palo Alto Networks) @ Stanford AI Club

Stanford AI Club is excited to announce that Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, will join us for our ’26–’27 Speaker Series! Since joining Palo Alto Networks in 2018, Nikesh has led the company’s transformation into a global leader in AI and cybersecurity. Under his leadership, the company has become the world’s largest cybersecurity company by market capitalization, now valued at over $300 billion. Previously, he served as President and COO of SoftBank Group and spent a decade at Google, where he was the Chief Business Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT (BHU), an MS in Finance from Boston College, and an MBA from Northeastern University. This event will be open only to currently enrolled Stanford students. There will be Mendocino farms for dinner and merch for students.