Jay Chaudhry is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and the CEO and founder of Zscaler. 

Recently, the 62-year-old entrepreneur abruptly climbed 577 spots in Hurun Global Rich List for 2021 and also become a part of another list—India’s top ten richest.

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In the second quarter of 2020, Zscaler's revenues peaked at $157 million, by an impressive 10 per cent sequentially and another 55 per cent year-on-year. 

“There is an accelerated market shift towards work from anywhere, which is the world Zscaler was built for,” Jay said after his company declared their latest quarterly earnings. Currently, the company has over 5,000 customers⁠.

However, Jay Chaudhry had a humble start in life. 

For the uninitiated, he grew up in a Himalayan village called Panoh, from the Una district of Himachal Pradesh. 

He spent his childhood in a district that had barely any access to electricity. In fact, Chaudhry studied under trees to complete his education. 

“I used to walk nearly 4 km every day to attend my high school at Dhusara, the neighbouring village,” he said in an interview with The Tribune a few years ago.

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“My success, so far, has mainly been because I have very little attachment for money. My obsession is really to make sure that the internet and cloud are a safe place for everyone to do business," he told a leading publication.

With a list of successful companies before, Zscaler clearly tops the lot. 

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