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With Nikesh Arora (CEO, Palo Alto Networks).
Venue, To Be Announced, San Francisco
Apr 20 (Mon) , 2026 @ 02:30 PM
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DETAILS

South Park Commons is delighted to host Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks for a fireside chat as part of our -1 to Now Series!

Event Details

2:30pm: Doors Open

3:00-4:00pm: Fireside Chat

Nikesh Arora is chairman & CEO of Palo Alto Networks, the world's leading cybersecurity company. During his tenure of seven years, he has led the company through a major transformation to become the global leader in AI & cybersecurity, & the security partner of choice for enterprise organizations & governments around the world. Before joining Palo Alto Networks in 2018, Mr. Arora served as president & chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp.

Prior to that, Mr. Arora spent ten years at Google as a senior executive, where he was senior vice president & chief business officer, president of global sales operations & business development, & president of Europe, the Middle East & Africa. His career also includes serving as chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG, & chief executive officer & founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.

Nikesh Arora serves on the board of Uber Technologies, & as a non-executive director of Compagnie Financire Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Airtel, Aviva, Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive, Tipping Point & Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.B.A. in business administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College, & a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University.

About South Park Commons (SPC)
SPC is a technical community & venture fund dedicated to helping founders, researchers, & technologists figure out what to work on next-what we call the -1 to 0 stage of your career. We believe this is best accomplished in the most talent-dense community possible.

If you are exploring what's next, we encourage you to apply for SPC membership.

*Please note doors close at event start time & we are unable to accommodate late arrivals.
 
 
 
 
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