Ken Xie
Ken Xie (Chinese: 谢青; pinyin: Xiè Qīng) is an American billionaire businessman who founded Systems Integration Solutions (SIS), NetScreen, and Fortinet.
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Xie in 2021 | |||||||
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Citizenship | American | ||||||
| Education | Tsinghua University Stanford University | ||||||
| Known for | Co-founder of Fortinet and NetScreen | ||||||
| Title | CEO and chairman, Fortinet | ||||||
| Children | Jaime Xie | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝青 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢青 | ||||||
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He is CEO of Fortinet, a cybersecurity firm based in Silicon Valley. Xie was previously the CEO of NetScreen, which was acquired by Juniper Networks for $4 billion in 2004. He built the first ASIC-based firewall/VPN appliance in 1996.
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