He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since June 2018.

[5] Born to an Indian Air Force officer,[6] Arora completed his schooling at The Air Force School,[7] and went on to graduate from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (presently IIT (BHU)) in Varanasi, India, with a Bachelors in Engineering in Electrical Engineering in 1989.

[citation needed] He left Google in July 2014 resigning from the post of senior vice president and chief business officer.

[12][13] Arora was president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Corp. from 2014 to 2016[12][13] receiving total compensation over $200 million,[14] a Japanese record at the time.

[3] In 2023, Arora's total compensation from Palo Alto Networks was $151.4 million, up 1,355% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 735-to-1 for the company, as well as making Arora the fourth highest paid CEO in the US that year.

[16] Arora was chief marketing officer and a member of the management board at T-Mobile, Bharti Airtel, Europe[17] and serves as a Trustee at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles, California.