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Frederic Kerrest

Vice Chairman & Co-Founder

Vice Chairman & Co-Founder of Okta

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Quick Facts

  • Role Vice Chairman & Co-Founder
  • Company Okta
  • Country United States
  • Industry AI in Cybersecurity
  • Founded 2009
  • Known For Okta built its business on the idea that identity, not the network perimeter, is the right…
  • Last Reviewed Jul 2026

Executive Summary

Frederic Kerrest is listed in public materials as Vice Chairman & Co-Founder of Okta. This Brel Digital profile records the verified public leadership association using official company sources. Biographical details that are not evidenced on the cited official pages are omitted.

Career Timeline

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  1. 2009 Company founded

    Okta was founded in 2009 per the company profile source on file.

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  2. 2009 Development

    January 2009: Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest, both Salesforce veterans, found Okta (initially incorporated as SaaSure Inc.) in San Francisco.

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  3. 2017 Development

    April 7, 2017: Okta completes its initial public offering on Nasdaq under ticker OKTA.

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  4. 2021 Acquisition

    2021: Okta acquires Auth0 for approximately $6.5 billion, adding a dedicated customer-identity product line.

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  5. 2026 Development

    April 2026: Okta for AI Agents becomes generally available, treating AI agents as first-class, non-human identities with registration, connection governance, and kill-switch controls.

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  6. 2026 Development

    May 14, 2026: Okta extends Okta for AI Agents to Amazon Bedrock and opens the platform to organizations using rival identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID and Ping Identity.

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  7. 2026 Development

    June 25, 2026: Okta says it is the first independent, neutral identity platform to bring AI agent governance to highly regulated environments.

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Overview

Frederic Kerrest is listed in public materials as Vice Chairman & Co-Founder of Okta. This Brel Digital profile records the verified public leadership association using official company sources. Biographical details that are not evidenced on the cited official pages are omitted.

Role

Frederic Kerrest holds the publicly documented role of Vice Chairman & Co-Founder at Okta. Readers should confirm current titles on the company’s official leadership or about pages, as executive roles change over time.

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Last Reviewed

This profile was last reviewed on July 14, 2026.

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Todd McKinnon

Co-Founder, CEO & Chairperson

Okta

  • Country United States
  • Industry AI in Cybersecurity

Co-founder, CEO, and chairperson of Okta, the identity-management pioneer now extending the same identity-first security model to govern…

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