Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)

Dipak Golechha

A named executive officer of Palo Alto Networks in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$25,527,681

FY2024: $14,624,157

4th of 5 named executive officers at Palo Alto Networks by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Palo Alto Networks, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Dipak Golechha compensation by year

Palo Alto Networks Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Palo Alto Networks reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$325,821$600,000$600,000$600,000$600,000$600,000
Bonus$0$0—$0$0$0
Stock awards$8,292,144$1,868,557$7,879,645$13,301,233$24,205,961$20,617,326
Option awards$0$0—$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$368,407$900,000$900,000$720,000$720,000$600,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0—$0$0$0
All other$3,929$251,946$2,023$2,924$1,720$2,106
Total$8,990,301$3,620,503$9,381,668$14,624,157$25,527,681$21,819,432

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. DEF 14A filed October 27, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000432, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Palo Alto Networks, Inc. filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000432. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 27, 2026.

$9.0M
$3.6M
$9.4M
$14.6M
$25.5M
$21.8M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU345,440$114,627,355—
PSU310,808$103,135,419—
RSU264,194$87,667,495—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed October 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-01Grant or award—132,101$0.00249,851
2026-11-01Grant or award derivative—132,093$0.00272,503
2026-11-01Tax withholding—69,389$365.87180,462

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Palo Alto Networks’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Nikesh AroraChief Executive Officer and Chairman$99,736,336
William JenkinsPresident$26,959,402
Lee KlarichChief Product and Technology Officer$25,971,237
Dipak Golechha · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$25,527,681
Nir ZukFounder Emeritus; Former Chief Technology Officer and Former Director$15,707,598

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