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Palo Alto Networks Headquarters & offices · Santa Clara, California
Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara, California
A campus designed to feel like “one roof” — angled roof-peak ceilings over the café, the coffee bars and an all-hands Market hall.
The Santa Clara campus, the benefits and five headquarters in two decades — then the pay. Every number from Palo Alto Networks' own filings, careers and benefits sites, and the designers' and builders' project pages.
- ≈ 941,000 sq ftleased at the Santa Clara HQ
- Up to 5,000people the 2017 campus was built for
- 21,921employees worldwide, July 2026
- $225,828median employee pay, FY2025
Sources: Form 10-K FY2026 · Proxy statement 2025 · Press release, Sep 21, 2017 · Gensler (IIDA Northern California 2018 Honor Awards entry)
Companies / United States / Cybersecurity / Palo Alto Networks
THE HEADQUARTERS · 3000 TANNERY WAY · 2017
Built to feel like one roof
Gensler designed the interiors around “One Roof”: an angled soffit shaped like the peak of a roof appears over the main break room, the coffee-bar “living rooms” and the Market, a large dining and all-hands space. Glass walls carry daylight between buildings, stairs double as meeting spots, and the campus adds a fitness center, juice bar, game room, retail store and an outdoor amphitheater.
- Interiors: Gensler
- 630,000 sq ft (≈ 58,529 m²) of designed space
- LEED Silver
- Built for up to 5,000 people
- Living walls by Habitat Horticulture
- 50 dual EV chargers (100 cars)
Facts: Gensler project text (IIDA Northern California 2018 Honor Awards, photography Jasper Sanidad) · Palo Alto Networks press release, Sep 21, 2017 · paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/locations · Habitat Horticulture project page.
The Santa Clara campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters campus | 3000 Tannery Way, Santa Clara, CA 95054 |
Source: paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/locations · Form 10-K FY2026 cover · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 10-K FY2026, Item 2 · Press release, Sep 21, 2017 · Gensler (IIDA NC 2018 entry) · Devcon Construction project pages · Cambridge CM project page. Builders' pages describe the towers as seven-story (Cambridge CM) or eight-story (Devcon).
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Benefits (United States)
Unlimited Flexible Time Off for full-time exempt employees, plus 13 paid holidays. Non-exempt staff accrue up to 22.5 days a year.
A yearly lifestyle wallet for fitness, caregiving, education, travel, pets and more.
Full pay for 6 weeks of bonding leave; 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave; 26 weeks for military leave.
10 therapy sessions and 10 coaching sessions through Spring Health, for employees and dependents.
A one-time $20,000 surrogacy reimbursement, up to $5,000 per adopted child, and fertility care through Progyny.
An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 24-month lookback.
Matched 50% up to $1,000 a year; traditional, Roth and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) contributions.
Employees can request matching of their charitable donations and volunteer time.
Source: benefits.paloaltonetworks.com · jobs.paloaltonetworks.com/en/culture · Form 10-K FY2026, Human Capital
How Palo Alto Networks keeps people, in its own words
A global FLEXBenefits program gives $1,000 a year to spend on items or experiences that “refresh and bring joy”.
Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and new hires vest on a quarterly schedule right away.
The Talent Development team runs more than 25 courses; The Learning Center offers personalized learning.
Open to all employees, alongside CEO-hosted small listening sessions and pulse surveys.
A company-wide semiannual review helps employees set learning and development plans; internal mobility is encouraged.
Source: jobs.paloaltonetworks.com/en/culture · Form 10-K FY2026, Human Capital
Who works here
employees worldwide (July 31, 2026)
joined with the CyberArk acquisition
Employee Network Groups
company values, co-created with employees
Source: Form 10-K FY2026, Human Capital and Risk Factors
Pay at Palo Alto Networks
Annual total compensation of the median employee (fiscal year ended July 31, 2025). The CEO's pay was about 442 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement (DEF 14A), November 7, 2025 — CEO Pay Ratio
Source: jobs.paloaltonetworks.com postings 96522073536 and 99699014768 (Santa Clara). Base salary only; restricted stock units and a bonus may be added.
U.S. companies don't have to report pay by age, and Palo Alto Networks doesn't. The posted ranges above are the closest official numbers.
Office history: Sunnyvale to a Santa Clara campus, about 9× bigger in six years
- 2005 Founded
Nir Zuk left Juniper in 2005 and founded Palo Alto Networks that year. The company was incorporated in March 2005, began operations in April 2005 and shipped its first products in 2007.
Source: Form S-1, 2012 · Form 10-K, 2013 and 2015
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2009 232 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale
The company's SEC filings in 2009 and 2011 list its business address on East Java Drive in Sunnyvale.
Source: SEC EDGAR filing records (Form D, 2009 and 2011)
East Java Drive, Sunnyvale, 2012 · Pedro Xing / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2011 3300 Olcott Street, Santa Clara — 105,664 sq ft
In fiscal 2011 the headquarters moved from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara, leasing about 105,664 sq ft (≈ 9,816 m²). The company went public in 2012 from this address.
Source: Form S-1, 2012 · Form 10-K, 2012 and 2013
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2013 4401 Great America Parkway — about 300,000 sq ft
Two leases signed in September 2012 for about 300,000 sq ft (≈ 27,871 m²) became the new headquarters from November 2013. Headcount grew from 1,147 (2013) to 4,562 (2017).
Source: Form 10-K, 2013 and 2014 · SEC EDGAR filing record (10-K, 2014)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2017 3000 Tannery Way — the new campus
Leases signed in 2015 for about 941,000 sq ft. The campus opened on September 21, 2017: 12 acres, nearly one million sq ft, four buildings and room for up to 5,000 people, bringing all Bay Area employees “under a single roof”.
Source: Form 10-K, 2016 and 2017 · Press release, Sep 21, 2017
3000 Tannery Way, 2018 · Namaste jinx / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2026 Lease extended to 2040, land for growth
The three headquarters leases now run to July 2040, with options through July 2052, and the company owns 24.9 acres next door that it intends to develop for future expansion.
Source: Form 10-K FY2026, Item 2
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| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-K 2012 | 105,664 | 9,816 | 3300 Olcott Street |
| 10-K 2014 | ≈ 300,000 | ≈ 27,871 | Two leases, Great America Parkway |
| 10-K 2016 | ≈ 300,000 + 1,062,000 | ≈ 27,871 + 98,663 | Current HQ + new campus under construction |
| 10-K 2017 | ≈ 941,000 | ≈ 87,422 | Three leases, new campus |
| 10-K 2026 | ≈ 941,000 | ≈ 87,422 | Leases to 2040 + 24.9 acres owned |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Despite its name, Palo Alto Networks has never been headquartered in Palo Alto. It started on East Java Drive in Sunnyvale and has moved three times within Santa Clara, each time to a bigger home.
- 1 · 2009232 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale — Business address in early SEC filings
- 2 · 20113300 Olcott Street, Santa Clara — 105,664 sq ft; the IPO-era headquarters
- 3 · 20134401 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara — About 300,000 sq ft under two leases
- 4 · 20173000 Tannery Way, Santa Clara — Today's campus, about 941,000 sq ft
Addresses: SEC EDGAR filing records (2009 Form D, 2014 10-K), Form S-1 2012, Form 10-K FY2026, paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/locations · Coordinates placed by eciffo from the addresses
What Palo Alto Networks does
Palo Alto Networks calls itself “a global artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity provider”. It sells firewalls and security platforms for networks, cloud, security operations and — since buying CyberArk in February 2026 — identity security, to customers in more than 180 countries.
One reportable segment. About 80% of revenue comes from subscriptions and support.
Where the money came from · Revenue by region · FY2026
Source: Form 10-K FY2026 (fiscal year ended July 31, 2026), Item 1 and Item 7
Source: Form 10-K FY2026
Growth: revenue vs. people
$1.76B → $11.48B
4,562 → 21,921
Fiscal years end July 31. Revenue: SEC XBRL financial data from Palo Alto Networks' 10-K filings. Employees: Form 10-K (FY2025 figure from the FY2026 10-K). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chairman and CEO since June 2018.
CEO and President from August 2011; also Chairman from April 2012. He opened the Tannery Way campus in 2017.
Former President and CEO, who resigned in 2011.
Founder: Nir Zuk, who left Juniper and founded Palo Alto Networks in 2005.
Source: Proxy statement 2025 · Form S-1, 2012 · Press release, Sep 21, 2017 · paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/management
Palo Alto Networks: questions people ask
Where is Palo Alto Networks' headquarters?
At 3000 Tannery Way in Santa Clara, California. The company moved onto this campus in 2017; despite its name, it has never been based in Palo Alto.
Source: paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/locations · Form 10-K FY2026
How big is the Palo Alto Networks headquarters?
The company leases about 941,000 sq ft (≈ 87,422 m²) in Santa Clara under three leases running to July 2040. At opening in 2017 it described a 12-acre campus of nearly one million sq ft for up to 5,000 people. It also owns 24.9 acres next door for future expansion.
Source: Form 10-K FY2026 · Press release, Sep 21, 2017
Who designed the Palo Alto Networks headquarters interiors?
Gensler designed the interiors of the 630,000 sq ft, three-building headquarters around a “One Roof” idea. IA Interior Architects was architect of record for the later Building 3 interiors, completed in 2019.
Source: Gensler (IIDA Northern California 2018 Honor Awards) · Devcon Construction project page
What is inside the Palo Alto Networks campus?
Open workspaces with glass-walled meeting rooms, coffee-bar “living rooms”, the Market dining and all-hands space, a fitness center with daily instructor-led classes, a juice bar, game room, retail store, an outdoor amphitheater and living walls.
Source: Gensler (IIDA NC 2018) · jobs.paloaltonetworks.com/en/culture · Habitat Horticulture
How many people work at Palo Alto Networks?
21,921 employees worldwide on July 31, 2026, up from 16,068 a year earlier, including about 4,223 who joined with the CyberArk acquisition.
Source: Form 10-K FY2026
What benefits does Palo Alto Networks offer?
In the U.S.: Flexible Time Off for exempt employees plus 13 paid holidays, a $1,000 yearly FLEXBenefits wallet, 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave, 10 therapy and 10 coaching sessions through Spring Health, a $20,000 surrogacy reimbursement, an ESPP with a 24-month lookback and a 401(k) match.
Source: benefits.paloaltonetworks.com · jobs.paloaltonetworks.com/en/culture
How much do Palo Alto Networks employees make?
The median employee's annual total compensation was about $225,828 in fiscal 2025. Santa Clara software engineering postings list base salary ranges such as $147,000–$237,500 and $153,700–$248,600.
Source: Proxy statement 2025 · jobs.paloaltonetworks.com postings 96522073536 and 99699014768
Who is the CEO of Palo Alto Networks?
Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO since June 2018. The company was founded in 2005 by Nir Zuk.
Source: Proxy statement 2025 · Form S-1, 2012
Where was Palo Alto Networks' first office?
Its early SEC filings list 232 East Java Drive in Sunnyvale. In fiscal 2011 it moved to 3300 Olcott Street, Santa Clara, then to Great America Parkway in 2013 and to Tannery Way in 2017.
Source: SEC EDGAR filing records · Form 10-K, 2013 and 2014
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