CEO Nikesh Arora has repositioned PANW around platformization and profitable growth, delivering margin expansion and recurring revenue scale while maintaining innovation velocity.
The August 2025 transition of founder/CTO Nir Zuk to retirement and elevation of long‑time product leader Lee Klarich to CTO and the board preserve deep technical leadership continuity. Governance is strengthening with recent board refresh (e.g., Mark Goodburn to chair Audit).
Execution has been strong on operations and product cadence, but the team must now navigate two major acquisitions while keeping culture and focus intact.
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