In 2000, brothers Ken and Michael Xie founded Fortinet with a clear vision: to make possible a digital world that we can always trust. Ken, already a cybersecurity veteran who had previously founded two other security companies, recognized a critical gap in the market - organizations needed comprehensive, high-performance cybersecurity solutions that didn't force them to choose between protection and speed. This insight led to the creation of FortiGate, their first physical firewall, which would become the cornerstone of what would grow into one of the world's largest and most trusted cybersecurity companies.
Today, Fortinet has evolved from that single-product startup into a global cybersecurity leader serving over 660,000 customers worldwide. The company's Fortinet Security Fabric platform now secures the entire digital attack surface - from devices and data to applications and data centers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with more than 10,000 employees across the globe, Fortinet continues to pioneer innovations in AI-powered security, secure networking, cloud security, and unified SASE. Their mission remains unwavering: to protect people, devices, and data everywhere, making the digital world not just more accessible, but fundamentally more secure.