{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"From India to Silicon Valley: The Jay Chaudhry & Zscaler Story","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dcea8245\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3404,"description":"Before Zscaler was a $32B cloud security giant, it was just 10 engineers—half in Bangalore, half in a borrowed U.S. office.\nAs founder and CEO of Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry bet $50M of his own money on one radical idea: secure the internet in the cloud.\nBorn in a Himalayan village with no electricity, he built Zscaler into one of the world’s top cybersecurity giants.\nIn this episode, Jay breaks down why 50% of the Fortune 500 trusts Zscaler, why he still interviews candidates, and how he’s incubating the company’s next big AI bet.\nChapters:\n00:00 Trailer\n00:42 Introduction\n01:21 His fifth company\n04:26 Entrepreneurs’ existential fear\n10:53 Customer engagement and new innovations\n12:46 No private jets, no business class\n19:34 “I never used money”\n23:38 Born and raised in India\n26:17 Hiring legends\n30:35 Walking on water\n35:09 “Dolphining”\n39:55 Areas of weakness\n42:11 Passionate even on the weekends\n44:56 Work during roller coasters\n47:35 The weight of the world is on your shoulders\n49:21 Leveraging AI\n56:20 Outro\nMentioned in this episode: Elon Musk, Microsoft, Bill Gates, BlackBerry, Steve Ballmer, Satya Nadella, Hewlett-Packard (HP), IBM, John Fellows Akers, Steve Jobs, NeXT, Inc., Linux, Cisco, United Airlines, San Francisco International Airport, Sundar Pichai, Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Six Flags, AI (artificial intelligence), security\nLinks:Connect with JayLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}