India, July 10 -- Jay Chaudhry, an Indian-American entrepreneur, is now among the richest 125 foreign-born US citizens living in the country. The Indian-origin founder secured the eighth position on the Forbes list of immigrant billionaires.

He is the CEO of Zscaler. The company deals in cybersecurity, and Chaudhry founded it in 2008. In March 2018, the company went public.

According to a Forbes report, he was born in India. His hometown is a small Himalayan village that didn't have access to electricity or running water when he was in school.

He moved to America to attend graduate school in 1980. Earlier, he lived in the Bay Area but later relocated to Nevada.

An IIT alum, he completed his B.Tech from IT-BHU, which later became IIT (...