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Canadian businesswoman (born 1979)
Michelle Zatlyn
Zatlyn in 2019
Born July 1979 (age 44) Education Occupation Entrepreneur Title Co-founder, president, and COO of
Cloudflare, Inc. Board member of Children 2
Michelle Zatlyn (born July 1979) is a Canadian businesswoman. She is the co-founder, president,
chief operating officer and a
board member of American
content delivery network provider and cybersecurity firm
Cloudflare .
Personal life and education
Michelle Zatlyn was born in July 1979
[1] in
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan , Canada where she grew up.
[2]
[3]
[4] She attended Carlton Comprehensive High School where she was once the captain of the basketball team.
[2] She graduated from
McGill University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 2001 and then got a
Master of Business Administration degree from
Harvard Business School .
[5]
[6] Zatlyn is married and has two children.
[7] She lives in
San Francisco .
[8]
[9]
Career
After a summer internship at
Google and a stint as a product manager at
Toshiba ,
[10]
[11] Zatlyn joined the founding team of Toronto-based startup I Love Rewards (later
Achievers ), a global employee rewards program.
[12]
[13]
[14] She co-founded Cloudflare with Harvard Business School classmates
Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway in 2009.
[11] She sits on Cloudflare's board and serves as the company's president and COO.
[15]
[16]
Speaking about her co-founding of Cloudflare, Zatlyn states:
When we came up with Cloudflare, I knew nothing about internet security, but I care a lot about liking what I'm doing. I knew if I could help create internet security, that's something I could work hard for and be proud [of]; 10 years later, we have 165 data centres, 12 million domains and more than 800 employees.
[10]
Zatlyn was appointed to the board of directors for Australian software company,
Atlassian , in September 2021.
[17] She is also a member of the cybersecurity team of
Aspen Institute .
[18]
Recognition
Zatlyn was named as one of
Fortune magazine's "40 Under 40" (2017)
[19] and
Forbes 's "50 Self-Made Women" (2021);
[20] she was also nominated as C100's "Icon of Canadian Entrepreneurship" (2019).
[21] As of 2021, she is a member of the
Young Global Leaders of the
World Economic Forum .
[22] As of April 2024,
[update]
Forbes estimated her net worth at
US$ 1.2 billion.
[11] Zatlyn was also listed among the world's richest self-made women by Forbes in 2024.
[23]
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Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved 2021-09-23 .
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Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2022.
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Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2022 .
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"Atlassian names billionaire Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn to Board of Directors" . CRN Australia .
Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-23 .
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"Michelle Zatlyn" . The Aspen Institute .
Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
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"Michelle Zatlyn" . Fortune .
Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
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"America's Richest Self-Made Women" . Forbes . 2021-08-05. Archived from
the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021 .
^ Moore, Ben (2021-09-10).
"Atlassian names billionaire Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn to Board of Directors" . CRN.
Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved April 7, 2024 .
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"Community" . The Forum of Young Global Leaders .
Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
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"The World's Richest Self-Made Women in 2024" . Forbes .
Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024 .
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