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Fortinet Headquarters & offices · Sunnyvale, California
Fortinet · Sunnyvale, California
A monumental glass stair rises through a full-height atrium in a LEED Gold headquarters built from precast panels made offsite.
The new building at 909 Kifer Road, the perks and every headquarters move along Kifer Road since 2009 — then the pay. Every number from Fortinet's own filings, careers site, job postings and its architects.
- 395,000sq ft of HQ space on 21 acres
- 11paid holidays a year (U.S.)
- 15,109employees, end of 2025
- $152,084median employee pay, 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · Fortinet job postings (2026) · Heller Manus Architects project page
Companies / United States / Cybersecurity / Fortinet
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS · 909 KIFER ROAD · 2021
Two office wings joined by a glass-stair atrium
Heller Manus designed a four-story, 172,740 sq ft building of two mirrored office wings joined by a large central entry atrium, with a monumental glass stairway linking every floor. IwamotoScott designed the interiors: a glass-walled room beside the lobby shows off Fortinet's security technology, work booths line the main routes, and each wing has its own inner atrium ringed by meeting rooms and lounges, with wood-paneled pantry kitchens.
- 172,740 sq ft (≈ 16,048 m²)
- 4 floors, 2 mirrored wings
- Monumental glass stair
- Fitness center & yoga room
- LEED Gold
- Interiors: IwamotoScott
The central atrium and glass stair
Two mirrored office wings are joined by a large central entry atrium, with a monumental glass stairway linking every floor.
Inside the workspace wings (IwamotoScott interiors)
IwamotoScott designed the interiors, including a glass-walled room beside the lobby that shows off Fortinet's security technology.
909 Kifer Road from outside
Heller Manus designed the four-story, 172,740 sq ft building, which is LEED Gold certified.
Facts: Heller Manus Architects project page “Fortinet Global Headquarters” · IwamotoScott Architecture project page “Fortinet HQ” (photography Bruce Damonte) · events.fortinet.com “About 909 Kifer”.
The Sunnyvale headquarters
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| 909 Kifer (headquarters) | 909 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 |
| 899 Kifer (headquarters address 2014–2023) | 899 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 |
Source: Form 10-K cover pages, 2015–2026 · Fortinet blog, July 19, 2019 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Heller Manus and IwamotoScott project pages · Fortinet blog (groundbreaking, 2019) · events.fortinet.com “About 909 Kifer” · Fortinet YouTube (completion summer 2021) · Form 10-K 2025
Office tour videos
Benefits (United States)
11 paid holidays a year, plus vacation time and sick time.
Fortinet matches 50% of employee contributions up to 4% of eligible earnings (401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada).
Every role is eligible for the Fortinet equity program; bonus eligibility is reviewed at hire and each year.
Outstanding performers are recognized with cash and stock awards.
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
A comprehensive leave program on top of vacation and sick time.
A company matching program for employees' charitable contributions, plus paid volunteering days where applicable.
A global wellness program for physical, financial and mental wellbeing.
Source: Fortinet job postings (2026) · fortinet.com/corporate/careers · Form 10-K 2025 (Human Capital; 401(k) Plan note) · Proxy statement 2026. Parental leave length is not published.
Why people stay: what Fortinet itself says
All roles are eligible for the Fortinet equity program.
Outstanding performers are recognized as “FortiChamps” with cash and stock awards.
Free security training programs help employees develop their careers.
Physical, financial and mental wellbeing programs for all employees, with educational sessions and wellness challenges.
A company matching program for employee donations, and paid volunteering days where applicable.
The core values the CEO regularly communicates to employees.
Source: fortinet.com/corporate/careers · Fortinet job postings (2026) · Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital Management · Proxy statement 2026
Who works here
employees at the end of 2025
work outside the U.S. and Canada, mainly in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
of board members are women
people trained in cybersecurity by Fortinet since 2022
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital Management · Fortinet blog “The Fortinet 2025 Sustainability Report” (Apr 23, 2026)
Pay at Fortinet
Includes base salary, allowances, bonuses, sales commissions and equity awards granted in 2025. The CEO earned about 75 times this amount (75.34 to 1).
Source: Proxy statement, filed April 29, 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Source: Fortinet job postings 24000, 24443, 23842 and 21401 on Fortinet's careers site (2026). All roles are also eligible for the Fortinet equity program.
U.S. companies don't have to report pay by age, and Fortinet doesn't. The posted ranges above are the closest official numbers.
Office history: three addresses on one Sunnyvale street
- 2000 Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area
Ken Xie and Michael Xie co-founded Fortinet in October 2000; it was incorporated in Delaware the same year.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · S-1/A 2009 · fortinet.com careers page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2009 1090 Kifer Road — a leased 107,000 sq ft office
At its 2009 stock market listing, Fortinet's headquarters was a leased office of about 107,000 sq ft (≈ 9,941 m²) at 1090 Kifer Road. Headcount was 1,196 people including contractors.
Source: Form S-1/A, Nov 16, 2009
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2012 Buying its own land on the same street
In August 2012 Fortinet bought land and buildings in Sunnyvale — 441,265 sq ft of land and 164,099 sq ft of buildings — for about $14.5 million.
Source: Form 10-K, 2012
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2014 899 Kifer Road — the first owned headquarters
In March 2014 Fortinet moved into 899 Kifer Road, where it owned about 164,000 sq ft (≈ 15,236 m²) of office space plus about ten acres of land for future growth.
Source: Form 10-K, 2013 and 2014
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2019 Breaking ground at Kifer Road and Commercial Street
Fortinet broke ground in July 2019 on a new building of about 172,000 sq ft, built with DPR Construction and designed to reach LEED Gold.
Source: Fortinet blog, July 19, 2019 · Form 10-K, 2019
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2021 909 Kifer Road completed
The new building was completed in summer 2021. Precast wall panels made offsite let it finish four months faster than traditional construction. The headquarters grew to about 390,000 sq ft on 20 acres.
Source: Fortinet YouTube (Jul 29, 2021) · events.fortinet.com · Form 10-K, 2021
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2023 909 Kifer becomes the official address
The annual report filed in February 2024 lists 909 Kifer Road as Fortinet's principal executive office, on a headquarters of about 395,000 sq ft and 21 acres.
Source: Form 10-K, 2023
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2024 480,000 more sq ft in Santa Clara
In January 2024 Fortinet bought about 480,000 sq ft (≈ 44,593 m²) of building space in Santa Clara, close to the headquarters.
Source: Form 10-K, 2023 and 2024
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-1/A 2009 | 107,000 | 9,941 | Leased office, 1090 Kifer Road |
| 10-K 2014 | 164,000 | 15,236 | Owned, 899 Kifer Road |
| 10-K 2018 | 162,000 | 15,050 | Owned, on ten acres |
| 10-K 2021 | 390,000 | 36,232 | Owned, on 20 acres (909 Kifer completed) |
| 10-K 2025 | 395,000 | 36,697 | Owned, on 21 acres |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Three headquarters addresses, all on Kifer Road in Sunnyvale: Fortinet has moved only along one street since at least 2009.
- 1 · 20091090 Kifer Road — Leased office of about 107,000 sq ft
- 2 · 2014899 Kifer Road — First owned headquarters, about 164,000 sq ft
- 3 · 2023909 Kifer Road — The new LEED Gold building — today's headquarters
Addresses: S-1/A (2009) and Form 10-K cover pages · Locations: OpenStreetMap (Nominatim)
What Fortinet does
Fortinet makes cybersecurity and networking products — FortiGate firewalls, the FortiOS operating system and security subscriptions — joined in what it calls the Fortinet Security Fabric, spanning secure networking, unified SASE and AI-driven security operations.
One reportable segment. Service revenue ($4.58B) is about twice product revenue ($2.22B).
Where the money came from · Revenue by region, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Item 1 (business) and Item 7 (revenue by geography)
Source: Form 10-K 2025 (fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025), Financial Summary
Growth: revenue vs. people
$1.28B → $6.80B
4,665 → 15,109
Fiscal years end December 31. Revenue and year-end headcount: Form 10-K for each year (2016–2019 headcount includes contractors). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Co-founder. Chief Executive Officer and board member since he co-founded Fortinet in October 2000, and Chairman. Earlier he founded NetScreen Technologies.
Co-founders: Ken Xie and Michael Xie (October 2000).
Source: Proxy statement 2026
Fortinet: questions people ask
Where is Fortinet's headquarters?
At 909 Kifer Road in Sunnyvale, California. Fortinet's headquarters there covers about 395,000 sq ft of buildings on 21 acres.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Who designed Fortinet's headquarters?
Heller Manus Architects designed the 909 Kifer Road building, and IwamotoScott Architecture designed its interiors. DPR Construction built it, with precast facade panels by Clark Pacific.
Source: Heller Manus and IwamotoScott project pages · Fortinet blog (2019) · events.fortinet.com
How big is the 909 Kifer Road building?
Four stories and 172,740 sq ft (≈ 16,048 m²), in two mirrored office wings joined by a central atrium. Fortinet itself describes it as about 172,000 sq ft.
Source: Heller Manus project page · Fortinet blog (2019)
When did the new headquarters open?
Fortinet broke ground in July 2019 and the building was completed in summer 2021. Fortinet's annual reports list 909 Kifer Road as its official address from the report filed in February 2024.
Source: Fortinet blog (2019) · Fortinet YouTube (2021) · Form 10-K 2023
Is Fortinet's headquarters green?
It was designed for LEED Gold and uses 30% less energy a year than a typical all-electric office building, with auto-dimming lights linked to skylights and a night purge that flushes out warm air.
Source: events.fortinet.com “About 909 Kifer” · Fortinet blog (2019) · Heller Manus
Can you visit Fortinet's headquarters?
Fortinet hasn't published public tours. It has hosted invitation-only visits, such as a VIP tour with lunch for customers on April 27, 2023.
Source: events.fortinet.com
What benefits does Fortinet offer?
In the U.S.: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, a 401(k) with a 50% match up to 4% of eligible earnings, 11 paid holidays, vacation and sick time, a leave program, and the equity program for all roles.
Source: Fortinet job postings (2026) · Form 10-K 2025
How many people work at Fortinet?
15,109 at the end of 2025: about 30% in the United States, 20% in Canada and 50% elsewhere, mainly in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
How much do Fortinet employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $152,084 in 2025. Sunnyvale job postings in 2026 listed $89,000–$140,000 for a Security Engineer and $170,000–$225,000 for a Principal AI Security Engineer.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Fortinet job postings 24000 and 21401
Who is Fortinet's CEO?
Ken Xie, who co-founded Fortinet with Michael Xie in October 2000 and has been CEO since then.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
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