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Arora saw himself as an unconventional CEO candidate

Nikesh Arora describes himself as a black-sheep candidate compared with applicants who had already worked in cybersecurity.

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Palo Alto Networks ft Nir Zuk & Nikesh Arora - The Grudge That Transformed Cybersecurity

Original excerpt

They had a whole roster of people who had done cybersecurity, were sitting CEOs of cybersecurity companies, and had a long history in cybersecurity.
Context

I was kind of the black sheep candidate . Now, I was one of the people who had no idea about cybersecurity . I thought there was two different words—“cyber” and “security.”

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