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Udi Mokady

Chairman at CHEQ

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Overview

Mokady is Chairman at CHEQ [1][3]. Mokady co-founded CyberArk in 1999 [2], serving as Founder and COO from April 1999 to November 2005 [9], then as Founder, President and CEO from November 2005 to April 2023 [8], and as Founder and Executive Chairman from April 2023 to May 2026 [7]. CyberArk went public on Nasdaq in 2014 and was acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $25 billion in 2026 [2]. Beyond CyberArk, Mokady has served as a Board Member at CHEQ since December 2023 [4], as Founder and Managing Director of Blue Ocean Opportunity Investments since April 2023 [5], and as a Member of the Board of Advisors at Brandeis School of Business and Economics since September 2019 [6]. Mokady holds an LLB in Law from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem [12] and an MSM in Management from Boston University [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Udi Mokady is the co-founder of CyberArk, which he led from inception in 1999 through its Nasdaq IPO in 2014 and 11 years as a public company, until its acquisition by Palo Alto Networks for $25 billion in 2026 — one of the largest cybersecurity acquisitions in history. Across that journey, he served as CEO from 2005 to March 2023 and Executive Chairman from April 2023 to February 2026, establishing CyberArk as the global standard in identity security and privileged access management and building it into a defining force in enterprise cybersecurity. Mokady is widely recognized as one of the m…

Career history

  1. ChairmanJul 2026 to presentCHEQ
  2. Board MemberDec 2023 to presentCHEQ
  3. Founder and Managing DirectorApr 2023 to presentBlue Ocean Opportunity Investments
  4. Member Of The Board Of AdvisorsSep 2019 to presentBrandeis School of Business and Economics
  5. Founder & Executive ChairmanApr 2023 to May 2026CyberArk
  6. Founder, President & CEONov 2005 to Apr 2023CyberArk
  7. Founder and COOApr 1999 to Nov 2005CyberArk
  8. Catalyst AdvisorNov 2023 to Apr 2026General Catalyst

Education

  1. MSM, Masters of Science in Management1999 - 2003Boston University
  2. LLB, Law1990 - 1994The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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