Nikesh Arora

Four Indian Americans, including cybersecurity executive Nikesh Arora and Harvard professor Mahzarin Banaji, have been named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York's prestigious Great Immigrants, Great Americans list for 2026. The other Indian-American honourees are Harvard Medical School professor Dr Sanjiv Chopra and Vertex Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Reshma Kewalramani. The 2026 class comprises 25 naturalised US citizens from 21 countries and was announced as the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence. The honourees will be recognised as part of the Carnegie Corporation's annual Fourth of July Great Immigrants, Great Americans campaign, which celebrates immigrants' contributions to the United States. Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, was born in Uttar Pradesh. Banaji, a Hyderabad-born social psychologist at Harvard University, is known for her pioneering work on implicit bias. New Delhi-born Chopra is an internationally ...

Palo Alto Networks handed Arora a $125 million stock and options compensation package when he was hired in 2018

Misra planted negative stories against Nikesh Arora to damage his reputation in the company

Fat pay packages aside, the 50-year-old electrical engineering graduate from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has been controversy's favourite child over the years

Arora, who spent two years at SoftBank Group Corp. as founder Masayoshi Son's No. 2, became Japan's best-compensated public company executive in 2015

Arora has replaced Mark McLaughlin, who will now serve the cybersecurity company as Vice Chairman

The Japanese tech firm booked 6.8 billion yen in expenses arising from Arora's resignation last month

The move comes as Son and SoftBank are battling to make their 2013 acquisition of US carrier Sprint Corp for more than $20 billion profitable

Just when everybody thought that the Nikesh Arora-SoftBank saga was closed, the US SEC said it is looking into Arora's alleged conflicts of interest

He is best known for having been the highest paid employee at Google

The decision by Nikesh Arora to leave SoftBank Group Corp. began last month during a conversation with founder Masayoshi Son. The two men were in California, preparing for the company's annual general meeting that took place today. One of the presentation slides showed Son's long-term plan to hand over control to his successor.Although it had never been made public to shareholders or employees, Arora and Son had discussed the chief executive officer giving up his post at 60, a birthday only 15 months away in August of next year. With the date fast approaching, 48-year-old Arora saw the slide and asked for clarity on what would happen."He had indicated to me this would happen when he turned 60," said Arora in an interview. "So, I asked him, 'Are you ready?"'Son wasn't. That conversation led to discussions that culminated on Tuesday in Arora's announcement that he was leaving as president with Son planning to remain at the helm for several more years. In the interview, Arora said he ques

India continues to be high on the radar for global Indian-origin CXOs, after they move on from the high table in global corporate sweepstakes

SoftBank's Founder-Chairman Masayoshi Son has had strong lieutenants in the past who have faded from view in no time

Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son's decision to continue for another 5-10 yrs prompts move

Investments matched only by Lee Fixel, annual package of more than two crore a day, Nikesh Arora rocked at his job

For about four hours he patiently answered all questions and responded to remarks and observations

Nikesh Arora, who resigned from SoftBank, would be on an advisory role with the company for another year

Right after announcing his resignation, Arora replied to a series of tweets on his future plans and current state of mood

In 2013, Arora was the highest paid executive of Google with a package of Rs 345 crore

Some SoftBank investors had alleged conflict of interest in Arora's decisions