# Sachin Nayyar

> Sachin Nayyar is the founder, CEO and chairman of Saviynt and a co-founder and former CEO of Securonix. His career spans identity governance, behavioral security analytics and enterprise access controls, beginning with Vaau, acquired by Sun Microsystems. He ran Saviynt and Securonix concurrently for years, led Securonix through a more than $1 billion growth investment in 2022, and returned as Saviynt CEO in 2023.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO and Chairman at Saviynt
- **Organizations:** Saviynt, Securonix, Vaau, Sun Microsystems, Ernst & Young, Brinqa, California State University, Northridge
- **From:** New Delhi, India
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems, California State University, Northridge - David Nazarian College of Business and Economics
- **Known for:** Founded and led Vaau before its acquisition by Sun Microsystems., Co-founded Securonix, which attracted a more than $1 billion Vista-led growth investment in 2022., Founded Saviynt and returned as CEO in 2023.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Graduated from California State University, Northridge.
- **Early career** — Worked in technology, security and compliance at Ernst & Young.
- **2007** — Sun Microsystems announced an agreement to acquire Vaau, where Nayyar was founder and CEO.
- **After Vaau acquisition** — Served as Chief Identity Strategist at Sun Microsystems.
- **2008** — Co-founded Securonix with Tanuj Gulati.
- **2009-2010** — Served as president at Brinqa, according to public career listings.
- **2011-2018** — First tenure leading Saviynt, using the dates in its January 2023 announcement.
- **2018** — Became Saviynt executive chairman while continuing to lead Securonix.
- **2022-02** — Securonix announced more than $1 billion in growth investment led by Vista Equity Partners.
- **2022-12** — Transitioned from Securonix CEO to executive chairman; Nayaki Nayyar became CEO.
- **2023-01** — Returned as Saviynt CEO; the company announced $205 million in growth financing and appointed Paul Zolfaghari president.
- **2024-04** — Keynote speaker at CSUN’s Jeff Marine Bull Ring New Venture Competition.
- **2025-12** — Saviynt announced $700 million in growth-equity financing at an approximately $3 billion valuation.
- **2026-07** — Saviynt announced ARR above $300 million and launched Zuma for AI identity security.

## Achievements

- Founded and led Vaau before its acquisition by Sun Microsystems.
- Co-founded Securonix, which attracted a more than $1 billion Vista-led growth investment in 2022.
- Founded Saviynt and returned as CEO in 2023.
- Saviynt announced a $700 million KKR-led financing at approximately $3 billion valuation in December 2025.
- Named a 2017 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest finalist and a 2025 Greater Los Angeles finalist.
- Serves on the CSUN Nazarian College Advisory Board.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Appeared on Inside the Network to discuss simultaneously building Securonix and Saviynt, services-funded development, financing and AI identity security.
- **2026-07** — Saviynt launched Zuma and reported more than $300 million in annual recurring revenue.
- **2025-12** — Saviynt announced $700 million in growth-equity financing led by KKR at approximately $3 billion valuation.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanayyar
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sachin_nayyar

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Last updated: 2026-10-21