Palo Alto Networks: Pay

Palo Alto Networks paid its 5 named executives $193.9M in total in FY2025 (Jul). CEO Nikesh Arora was paid $99.7M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $407
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Nikesh AroraChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Jul)
FY2024 (Jul)
FY2023 (Jul)
FY2022 (Jul)
FY2021 (Jul)
5 years
William “BJ” JenkinsPresident
FY2025 (Jul)
FY2024 (Jul)
FY2023 (Jul)
FY2022 (Jul)
4 years
Lee KlarichChief Product Officer
FY2025 (Jul)
FY2024 (Jul)
FY2023 (Jul)
FY2022 (Jul)
FY2021 (Jul)
5 years
Dipak GolechhaChief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Jul)
FY2024 (Jul)
FY2023 (Jul)
FY2022 (Jul)
FY2021 (Jul)
5 years
Nir ZukFounder and Chief Technology Officer
FY2025 (Jul)
FY2024 (Jul)
FY2023 (Jul)
FY2022 (Jul)
FY2021 (Jul)
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2026 (Jul), the median CEO pay of the 5 peers with pay on file was $26.0M. The CEO of Palo Alto Networks was paid $80.3M, 208% above the median.

  1. 1Palo Alto Networks
  2. 2Salesforce
  3. 3Autodesk
  4. 4Workday
  5. 5Snowflake
  6. 6Paychex
  7. 7AdobeNot disclosed
  8. 8Cadence Design SystemsNot disclosed
  9. 9CrowdStrike HoldingsNot disclosed
  10. 10FortinetNot disclosed
  11. 11IntuitNot disclosed
  12. 12PayPal HoldingsNot disclosed
  13. 13Roper TechnologiesNot disclosed
  14. 14ServiceNowNot disclosed
  15. 15SynopsysNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.