Shlomo Kramer

Born in 1966, Shlomo Kramer is an Israeli information technology entrepreneur and investor who has shaped the global cybersecurity landscape across three decades. He served in Israel Defense Forces Unit 8200, a cybersecurity and intelligence unit that produced many of Israel's top high-tech entrepreneurs. After military service, Kramer earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

In 1993, Kramer co-founded Check Point Software Technologies with Gil Shwed and Marius Nacht, which introduced the first firewall to the commercial market and became a world leader in protecting information that flows across the Internet and a flagship of Israel's high-tech industry. Kramer left Check Point in 1998 and used proceeds from his stake sale to invest in numerous startups. He then co-founded Imperva in 2002, the innovator of the web application firewall. Imperva went public on the NYSE in 2011 and was acquired by Thales Group for approximately $3.6 billion in 2023.

Kramer was named CEO of the Year by SC Magazine in 2008, one of 20 luminaries who changed the network industry by Network World in 2006, and was inducted into the InfoSec Hall of Fame in April 2013. As of March 2026, Forbes listed his net worth at $2.4 billion, ranking him 1,694 on the Billionaires list. He has made early investments in highly successful enterprise software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Trusteer, and Gong.

Career History

• Founder and CEO of Cato Networks (2015–present), a leader in secure access service edge (SASE)
• Founder, President and CEO of Imperva (2002–2014)
• Co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies (1993–1998)
• Founding investor and board member at multiple cybersecurity firms including Palo Alto Networks, Trusteer, and Gong

What Shlomo Kramer could bring to a Chief Role at Check Point: With deep institutional knowledge from founding Check Point and leading it through its pioneering phase, combined with proven success building Imperva into a public company and establishing Cato Networks as a SASE category leader, Kramer would bring transformational vision to enterprise network security strategy. His three-decade track record of anticipating market shifts—from firewalls to web application security to cloud-native SASE—positions him uniquely to guide Check Point's evolution in AI-enabled, integrated security architectures.