Fortinet

Summary

Fortinet is a business^[1]. Fortinet ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fortinet was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance^[3].
• Fortinet was a member of CVE Numbering Authority^[4].
• Fortinet is in the country of United States^[5].
• Fortinet is in the country of US^[6].
• Fortinet's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Fortinet's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• Fortinet's founder is recorded as Ken Xie^[9].
• Fortinet's headquarters location is recorded as Sunnyvale^[10].
• Fortinet is part of S&P 500^[11].
• Fortinet's Commons category is recorded as Fortinet^[12].
• Fortinet's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[13].
• Fortinet's industry is recorded as computer security^[14].
• January 1, 2000 marks the founding of Fortinet^[15].
• 2000-11-28 marks the founding of Fortinet^[16].
• Fortinet's official website is recorded as http://www.fortinet.com/^[17].
• Fortinet's product or material produced is recorded as networking hardware^[18].
• Fortinet's product or material produced is recorded as software^[19].
• Fortinet's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5066'}^[20].
• Fortinet's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation^[21].
• Fortinet's legal form is recorded as XTIQ^[22].
• Fortinet's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1010000000'}^[23].
• Fortinet's net profit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+8000000'}^[24].
• Fortinet's total assets is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1270000000'}^[25].
• Fortinet's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+38882'}^[26].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300O0QJWDBAS0QX03^[27]

• Registered legal name: Fortinet, INC.^[28]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[29]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[30]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ^[31]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[32]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[33]

• Entity created: 2000-11-28^[34]

• LEI first registered: 2013-04-10^[35]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-01^[36]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-12-07^[37]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[38]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[39]

• Authority entity ID: 3321792^[40]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[41]

Body

Founding

Fortinet's founder is recorded as Ken Xie^[9]. Recorded inception include January 1, 2000^[15] and 2000-11-28^[16].

Identity

Fortinet is part of S&P 500^[11].

Operations

Fortinet's headquarters location is recorded as Sunnyvale^[10].

Industry

Fortinet's industry is recorded as computer security^[14].

Ownership

Fortinet's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[13]. Products include networking hardware^[18] and software^[19].

Why It Matters

Fortinet ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,418 views/month).^[2] Fortinet has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Fortinet is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Fortinet is credited with the discovery of Gayfemboy^[44], a botnet^[45].

FAQs

What did Fortinet discover?

Fortinet is credited as discoverer of Gayfemboy^[44].