Orion Hindawi (born 1980) is an American billionaire software entrepreneur, and co-founder of cybersecurity firm Tanium.
Biography Hindawi was born and raised in Berkeley, California,Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Orion Hindawi 2 March 2020Forbes: "Meet Tanium, The Secret Cybersecurity Weapon Of Target, Visa And Amazon" April 15, 2015 and attended the University of California, Berkeley. He is the son of billionaire David Hindawi, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant from Israel.
In 2007, along with his father, he founded the cybersecurity firm, Tanium. In September 2015, they raised $120 million in new funding that valued Tanium at $10 billion. Tanium uses a novel approach to cybersecurity different from its main competitors Symantec and Intel's McAfee which have a central data center that communicates directly with individual computers (and requiring a massive investment in data centers), Tanium instead uses a linear chain system where each computer on a network talks to the computer adjacent to it, pooling data, and then relaying the information in a chain before sending it back to a single server.
In February 2016, Orion took over as CEO from his father. In 2023, Orion stepped down as CEO and appointed Dan Streetman as a replacement.
In August 2026, Orion returned to his CEO role at Tanium, replacing Dan Streetman after less than four years. https://www.tanium.com/press-releases/tanium-reappoints-co-founder-orion-hindawi-as-ceo-to-drive-next-chapter-of-growth
Personal life Hindawi is married and has two children.
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