He's currently CEO of Zscaler, the cloud security company he founded in 2007, which is valued at $28.56 billion as of Monday morning.
"I think it's to make a difference in the world," Chaudhry tells CNBC Make It.
Growing up in a farming village in rural India, Chaudhry says he "never had money in my early childhood."
In his youth, his idea of success never even hinted at the prospect of launching a business, much less one worth tens of billions of dollars.
He had a good job with financial security, yet he couldn't help but think: "There may be an opportunity to make a big difference'" if more companies got on the internet, he says.
Persons:
Jay Chaudhry, Chaudhry, Jyoti, Zscaler
Organizations:
He's, Zscaler, CNBC, University of Cincinnati, IBM, Unisys, Netscape, Forbes
Locations:
India