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65-year-old quit his job to start a business–now he's worth $11B

4 pointsby raphar10 months ago

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ano-ther10 months ago
Weird title. He must have been 38 when he founded his first company in 1996. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jay_Chaudhry" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jay_Chaudhry</a>
dredmorbius10 months ago
Lottery winner wins lottery, twice.<p><i>Together, they plunged their life savings — roughly $500,000 — into SecureIT, a cybersecurity software startup they co-founded in 1997. ... By 2007, they ... decided it was time to launch &quot;one big company.... That company was Zscaler, which aimed to help companies transition away from outdated firewalls and into the cloud era. ... Today, it brings in $1.6 billion in annual revenue and has a market value of roughly $30 billion.</i><p>The 65 year old was 38 when the first company was founded, and 48 when he doubled down.<p>The interview such as it is ... doesn&#x27;t add much more, though the discussion of risk and skin-in-the-game is more interesting than the headline angle.