Ken Xie is an American billionaire businessman who founded Systems Integration Solutions, NetScreen, and Fortinet.
15 Facts About Ken Xie
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Ken Xie is CEO of Fortinet, a cybersecurity firm based in Silicon Valley.
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In 1993, Ken Xie founded a network security company, Systems Integration Solutions.
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In 2000, Ken Xie left NetScreen to create Fortinet with his brother Michael Ken Xie, an electrical engineer.
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Since then, Ken Xie has served as Fortinet's CEO, while Michael Xie is president and chief technology officer.
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Ken Xie has stated that he founded Fortinet because he believed that security must be embedded in the end-to-end computing and networking infrastructure.
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The Ken Xie brothers launched the initial FortiGate products in May 2002.
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Ken Xie has led Fortinet to acquire security monitoring firm AccelOps, endpoint security firm enSilo, and SOAR platform provider CyberSponse, among other companies.
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Ken Xie was made a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2013.
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In June 2018, Ken Xie led Fortinet's acquisition of Bradford Networks, a lot-focused security firm.
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In January 2019, Ken Xie was a discussion leader for the Centre for Cybersecurity's cyber workforce session at Davos' World Economic Forum summit.
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In February 2020, Ken Xie spoke at the RSA conference in San Francisco about the importance of SD-WAN, edge computing, and automation.
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Ken Xie is a founding member and a member of the board of board of directors of the Cyber Threat Alliance.
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Ken Xie is married and lives in Los Altos Hills, California.
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Ken Xie is the father of Jaime Xie, a fashion influencer and star on the Netflix reality TV series Bling Empire.