Ken Xie

A cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur, Ken Xie are the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader. Fortinet’s broad portfolio of solutions spans network, infrastructure, edge, cloud, and IoT, serving approximately 70 percent of the Fortune 100 as well as Governments around the world. Its Security drove Networking approach combines security and networking to deliver the most advanced, AI-driven protection across the entire attack surface. Fortinet is the third cybersecurity company founded by Ken that has been instrumental in shaping the cybersecurity industry. His second company, Netscreen developed the industry’s first ASIC and dedicated hardware systems for high-performance firewalls and VPNs and was acquired by Juniper for $4 billion. Ken earned an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and B.S. and an M.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Ken is a member of the board of the Cyber Threat Alliance and the Center for Cybersecurity for the World Economic Forum.