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Ken Xie

United States 63 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Cybersecurity
Industry
Technology
Residence
Los Altos Hills, California
Education
Stanford University (Master of Science)
Tsinghua University (Bachelor of Science)
Tsinghua University (Master of Science)
Marital Status
Married

Assets

  • Fortinet Inc.
    284,880 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    64,077,611 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    616,470 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    521,335 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    0 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    204,561 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    0 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Fortinet Inc.
    0 shares @ -
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    FTNT-US
  • Zoom Video Communications
    2,923,000 shares @ -
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    ZM-US

Biography

Ken Xie is the cofounder and CEO of Fortinet, a cybersecurity firm that offers firewalls, cloud security and other services to businesses.

The son of two Chinese academics, Xie's parents hoped that he would become a professor and sent him to Stanford University to study engineering.

Xie became interested in entrepreneurship while at Stanford, founding his first company, a software firewall business named SIS, in 1993.

He started another cybersecurity firm, NetScreen, three years later, before founding Fortinet with brother Michael Xie in 2000.

The California-based company, which went public on the Nasdaq in 2009, reported nearly $6 billion in 2024 revenue. Ken owns more than 8% of Fortinet.