Cybersecurity

Andreessen-Backed Cybersecurity Software Firm Tanium Taps Next CEO

  • Dan Streetman to be CEO, Hindawi named executive chairman
  • Tanium has entertained prospects of going public since 2016

Orion Hindawi, co-founder and current chief executive officer of Tanium.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Tanium Inc., a cybersecurity software maker that was valued at more than $9 billion in 2020, has chosen Dan Streetman to succeed co-founder Orion Hindawi as chief executive officer.

As part of the plan and in support of Streetman, Hindawi will remain active in the business and become executive chairman, according to a statementBloomberg Terminal confirming a Bloomberg News report earlier Wednesday. Hindawi, who previously had apologized for being “hard-edged,” will focus on strategy and tech innovation in his new role.