Jamil Kheir

Jamil Bou Kheir, Founder of Firezone

Jamil Bou Kheir is the founder of Firezone, a zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard.12 He co-founded the company in 2021 with Jason Gong, originally as a side project to make it easier to use WireGuard.1

Bou Kheir has a background in embedded systems and software engineering.3 He is also the President of the IEEE Communications Society.3

As an engineer turned founder, Bou Kheir still enjoys coding and contributing to Firezone's open-source codebase.4 He regularly shares updates about Firezone's progress on his LinkedIn profile, including:

• Announcing new releases and features5
• Encouraging users to sign up for Firezone6
• Highlighting Firezone's use cases7
• Providing monthly updates on the company's growth8

Firezone has grown rapidly since its inception, with 130 releases and over 15,000 users as of 2021.1 The company was accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and has raised a seed round.1