Published mark
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks Inc
TASE: PALO ALTO. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a global leader in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1
- SEC CIK
- 0001327567
- Website
- www.paloaltonetworks.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
- Newest evidence
- May 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Nikesh AroraSince Nov 7, 2025
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 1 / 33 directors published
- Published claims
- 406 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 100 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 6 distinct sources and 10 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CFO CHANGED
Dipak Golechha executive of Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-11-07.
EffectiveEffective Nov 7, 2025E4
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Dipak Golechha | Nov 2025 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Chief Product and Technology Officer and Director | Lee Klarich | Nov 2025 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | Nikesh Arora | Nov 2025 | current | Source reportedE6 |
| President | William BJ Jenkins | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE7 |
Board of directors
Evidence3 directors published. 1 of 3 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Klarich | Not independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Nikesh Arora | Not independent | 2018 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Ralph Hamers | Independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Aparna Bawa | Independent | Not published | AuditAudit; Compensation and PeopleCompensation and People | Source reportedE3 |
| Carl Eschenbach | Independent | Not published | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Helle Thorning-Schmidt | Independent | Not published | Governance and Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
| James J. Goetz | Independent | Not published | Audit | Source reportedE3 |
| John M. Donovan | Independent | Not published | Compensation and PeopleCompensation and People; Governance and SustainabilityGovernance and Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
| Lorraine Twohill | Independent | Not published | Governance and Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
| Mary Pat McCarthy | Independent | Not published | Audit, chairAudit · Chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Rt Hon Sir John Key | Independent | Not published | AuditAudit; Compensation and PeopleCompensation and People | Source reportedE3 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Mary Pat McCarthy | Mary Pat McCarthy, Aparna Bawa, James J. Goetz, Rt Hon Sir John Key | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair | Not published | Mary Pat McCarthy | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation and People | Not published | Aparna Bawa, Rt Hon Sir John Key | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation and People | Not published | Aparna Bawa, John M. Donovan, Rt Hon Sir John Key | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation and People; Governance and Sustainability | Not published | John M. Donovan | Not described in the published record |
| Governance and Sustainability | Not published | Helle Thorning-Schmidt, John M. Donovan, Lorraine Twohill | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Mary Pat McCarthy; Members Mary Pat McCarthy (Chair); Aparna Bawa; James J. Goetz; Rt Hon Sir John Key
Committee AppointmentMary Pat McCarthy: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentAparna Bawa: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentJames J. Goetz: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentRt Hon Sir John Key: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation and People: Chair not stated; Members Aparna Bawa; John M. Donovan; Rt Hon Sir John Key
Committee AppointmentAparna Bawa: member, Compensation and People
Committee AppointmentJohn M. Donovan: member, Compensation and People
Committee AppointmentRt Hon Sir John Key: member, Compensation and People
Committee RecordGovernance and Sustainability: Chair not stated; Members Helle Thorning-Schmidt; John M. Donovan; Lorraine Twohill
Committee AppointmentHelle Thorning-Schmidt: member, Governance and Sustainability
Committee AppointmentJohn M. Donovan: member, Governance and Sustainability
Committee AppointmentLorraine Twohill: member, Governance and Sustainability
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerNikesh Arora, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, from Nov 7, 2025
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Index MembershipNasdaq-100 (NDX)
Security ListingPALO ALTO (TASE)
Security ListingPANW (NASDAQ)
Index memberships2 memberships attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPXNDX
Source reportedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NASDAQ: PANW | current | Jun 20, 2023 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
| Nasdaq-100 (Nasdaq) | NASDAQ: PANW | current | Sep 1, 2026 | exchange verified | Nasdaq official Nasdaq-100 list-type API |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NamePalo Alto Networks Inc
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.paloaltonetworks.com
Published FactUS
Published FactDE
Published FactTechnology
Published FactSoftware - Infrastructure
Published Facthttps://www.paloaltonetworks.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Dipak GolechhaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:21
- Lee KlarichChief Product and Technology Officer and Directorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:22, company:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:15
- Nikesh AroraChief Executive Officer and Chairman; Directorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:23, company:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:18
- William BJ JenkinsPresidentcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:24
- Ralph HamersDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:19
- Aparna BawaDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:10
- Carl EschenbachDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:11
- Helle Thorning-SchmidtDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:12
- James J. GoetzDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:13
- John M. DonovanDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:14
- Lorraine TwohillDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:16
- Mary Pat McCarthyDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:17
- Rt Hon Sir John KeyDirectorcompany:c44c3c43-606e-4b51-9d72-446fbb7fd8e1:leadership_role:20
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 10 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
- E2Palo Alto Networks Inc Form 10-K (filed 2025-08-29). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Nov 7, 2025. Retrieved Mar 23, 2026. Cited by 11 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Nov 7, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Nov 7, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Nov 7, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7PANW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8board_seats. board seats. Cited by 13 Claims.
- E9Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E10Nasdaq official Nasdaq-100 list-type API. index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026- Dipak Golechha executive of Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-11-07.
- Lee Klarich executive of Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-11-07.
- Nikesh Arora executive of Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-11-07.
- Lee Klarich seat on Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-01-01.
- Ralph Hamers seat on Palo Alto Networks, effective 2025-01-01.
- Nikesh Arora seat on Palo Alto Networks, effective 2018-01-01.