$KLAC

Rick Wallace

KLA Corporation

President & CEO • Since 2006 • Information Technology

Also profiled in: Nasdaq-100

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2026 vs FY2025 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

53/100

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: $3.7B → $3.8B (+0.5% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025
Profit (net income): $4.1B → $4.8B (+18.9% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025

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Overview

Rick Wallace is the president & ceo of KLA Corporation since 2006. KLA Corporation is a Information Technology company headquartered in Milpitas, California, founded in 1975, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Rick holds the chief executive role at KLA Corporation with the title President & CEO — in post since 2006. This page is the concise leadership record for KLA Corporation 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: $KLAC
Headquarters: Milpitas, California
Founded: 1975
CEO since: 2006
Index: S&P 500 (#275 of 500)