CEO & Co-Founder, Auth
Search every verified Eugenio Pace interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Eugenio Pace, co-founder and former CEO of Auth0, has continued to speak publicly about his entrepreneurial journey and the identity security market since Auth0's $6.5 billion acquisition by Okta in 2021. In a November 2025 fireside chat, Pace discussed his path from a 20-year career at Microsoft to founding Auth0 at age 42, emphasizing that most successful entrepreneurs start later in their careers and that timing and luck are significant components of success. He described Auth0's early days, including securing a first paying customer at $27 per month, and advocated for a developer-first approach, noting that competitors validate a market for investors. Pace also spoke about his philosophy of "one life" rather than work-life balance, stating that work takes different proportions at different stages and that being present when present is important. Pace has also addressed the evolution of the identity market following the Okta acquisition. In a 2023 podcast, he discussed the company's decision to create two specialized offerings: the Okta Workforce Identity Cloud and the Okta Customer Identity Cloud, powered by Auth0's technology. He has spoken about the importance of digital trust, describing identity as sitting at the intersection of security, privacy, and convenience. In a 2023 Spanish-language interview, Pace discussed privacy regulations, stating that regulations generally have a positive effect by making systems safe by default, and noted that privacy frameworks pioneered in the European Union are being adapted worldwide. He also highlighted what he called an unprecedented moment of opportunity for entrepreneurs, with lower capital requirements and global reach compared to thirty years ago.
“Timing and luck are a big component of what we call success.”
“I credit Microsoft for a lot of Auth0's success — I learned practices like open source, agile, and remote hiring there that gave me advantages when starting a company later.”
“As an engineer my bias was that product is everything, but if nobody knows about your product it doesn't matter; you need great go-to-market, product, engineering, operations, finance and HR — building a company is a team exercise.”
“Do things that don't scale first, then figure out the optimizations; scaling is the art of changing the paradigm when the previous paradigm is exhausted.”
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Eugenio Pace explains to Risky Business host Patrick Gray how the Auth0 platform integrates modern authentication into an application. 00:39 Auth0 description 01:04 Demo application 02:26 Adding authentication 05:45 Integration & code snippets 09:15 Customisation and branding 10:35 Custom domains 11:57 Password strength 13:20 Personal data checks 15:05 Advanced Protections 15:18 Brute force protection 18:16 Bot detection 19:37 Breached password detection 21:45 Consumer third party logins 23:57 Corporate third party logins 26:46 Custom domains 28:02 MFA 36:59 Security Monitoring 38:39 Conclusi…
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