Quote Business & funding· Oct 28, 2024

Cloud security can produce a $100 billion company

We believe it’s bigger, definitely bigger than endpoint, bigger than networks, so the opportunity to become a 100 plus billion dollar company is there. We believe that the company that is going to…own cloud security in the world is going to be a 100-plus billion dollar company

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Assaf RappaportWiz · CEO

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Wiz CEO explains why he turned down a $23 billion deal

TechCrunch · 2024-10-28

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Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from Google was “the toughest decision ever,” but justified it by saying the company ...

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