$PANW

Nikesh Arora

Palo Alto Networks

Chairman & CEO • Since 2018 • Information Technology

Also profiled in: Nasdaq-100

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2026 vs FY2025 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

34/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $3.5B → $4.1B (+18.6% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025
Profit (net income): $1.1B → $307M (−72.9% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025

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Overview

Nikesh Arora is the chairman & ceo of Palo Alto Networks since 2018. Palo Alto Networks is a Information Technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2005, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Education

B.E. — University of Delhi
M.S., Industrial Engineering — Louisiana State University
MBA — NYU Stern

Leadership

Nikesh holds the chief executive role at Palo Alto Networks with the title Chairman & CEO — in post since 2018. This page is the concise leadership record for Palo Alto Networks in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Information Technology
Ticker: $PANW
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Founded: 2005
CEO since: 2018
Index: S&P 500 (#354 of 500)