Interview with Zscaler Founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Cloud security company Zscaler has racked up big returns for investors since going public in 2018. Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner, Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross, Motley Fool Chief Technology Officer Gaspare Bonventre, and Motley Fool Head of Cybersecurity Jeff Lovett recently talked with Jay Chaudhry about entrepreneurship, AI, and the business of Zscaler. Host: Tom Gardner, Andy Cross, Gaspare Boventre, Jeff Lovett Guest: Jay Chaudhry Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, "TMF") do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2018, oh, you got one product Z-Skiller interim access.
0:09.0	Oh, then private access came.
0:11.0	Then digital experience came.
0:13.0	They all became Z-Scular for zero trust-all users.
0:16.0	Then we built it for cloud workloads, branches,
0:19.0	IoT-a-D devices, the platform has expanding.
0:22.6	So we can no lack of market.
0:25.5	I don't worry about competition.
0:27.3	Our competition is all legacy stuff.
0:30.2	My competition is generally inertia.
0:36.9	That was Jay Shadry, founder and CEO of the cloud security company Z-scaler.
0:42.8	I'm Motley Fool producer Matt Greer.
0:45.2	Now, Motley-Full CEO Tom Gardner recently talked with Shodry about entrepreneurship,
0:50.4	AI, and the business of Z-Skaler.
0:52.9	Tom was joined by a team of fools, including our chief investment
0:56.7	officer, our chief technology officer, and our head of cybersecurity. Enjoy. Well, hello to all of
1:04.7	our Motley Fool members. We're so happy to be able to spend this time together talking about a
1:08.7	wonderful company in the public markets that's served as well as investors thus far, and that is Z-scaler, a cloud security company that protects
1:15.8	people and applications without using traditional firewalls or VPNs. So Z-Scaler's applications
1:21.8	sit between an individual user and the internet or a company's applications and make sure
1:26.5	every connection is safe in a
1:28.2	zero trust exchange. The company has a market capitalization of about $39 billion today, which is
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