Orion Hindawi

Orion Hindawi (born 1980) is an American billionaire software entrepreneur, and co-founder of cybersecurity firm Tanium.^[1]

Orion Hindawi
Born	1980 (age 44–45)
Education	University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	software entrepreneur
Known for	co-founder of Tanium, Inc.
Children	2
Parent	David Hindawi

Biography

Hindawi was born and raised in Berkeley, California,^[2][3] and attended the University of California, Berkeley. He is the son of billionaire David Hindawi, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant from Israel.^[3]

In 2007, along with his father, he founded the cybersecurity firm, Tanium.^[2] In September 2015, they raised $120 million in new funding that valued Tanium at $10 billion.^[2] 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.^[3]

In February 2016, Orion took over as CEO from his father.^[2] In 2023, Orion stepped down as CEO and appointed Dan Streetman as a replacement.

Personal life

Hindawi is married and has two children.^[2]