Nikesh Arora
Profile Summary
Nikesh Arora is a U.S.-based technology executive born in 1968, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.4B RTB. SEC records link him to filings involving Palo Alto Networks, Colgate-Palmolive, Uber Technologies, CyberArk Software, and Google SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 287 insider filings for Arora, including filings connected with Palo Alto Networks, Colgate-Palmolive, Uber Technologies, CyberArk Software, and Google SEC EDGAR. Recent filings include Form 4s, which report changes in an insider's company holdings; Form 144s, which give notice of a proposed sale of restricted or control securities; and a Form 3/A amendment to an initial insider-ownership report SEC EDGAR. The recent filings listed span June 10, 2025, through February 17, 2026 SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three foundations with Arora in their names reported combined assets of $3,501,249 and grants paid of $191,183 for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. Arora Foundation Inc. in Greenwich, Connecticut reported $2,734,648 in assets and $151,362 in grants paid; Arora Charitable Foundation in Danville, California reported $766,202 in assets and $38,821 in grants paid; and Arora Foundation in Richfield, Ohio reported $399 in assets and $1,000 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records report 34 contributions totaling $166,100 from June 21, 2011, through April 23, 2024 FEC. The party breakdown was $77,900 to recipients with unknown party classification, $50,800 to Democratic recipients, and $37,400 to Republican recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients were Team McCormick ($24,500), Booker Victory Fund ($17,800), the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania ($10,000), Hillary Victory Fund ($10,000), and Google Inc. NetPAC ($10,000) FEC.
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In the News
A September 2, 2026 Times of India article identified Arora as Palo Alto Networks' CEO and reported on his comments about companies' AI investments NewsAPI. A July 9, 2026 Digg item referenced a post by Arora NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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Political Contributions
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $166,100.
Top Recipients
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SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
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