PERSON: Shlomo Kramer

Cato Networks

Co-Founder

Shlomo Kramer (Hebrew: שלמה קרמר; born 1966), is an Israeli information technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of cyber-security companies Check Point and Imperva, as well as Cato Networks, a cloud-based network security provider.

As of March 2026, Forbes listed Shlomo Kramer’s net worth at US$2.4 billion, ranking him at 1,694 on the Billionaires list. He is ranked among the top 20 wealthiest people in Israel.

Shlomo Kramer has been actively involved with technology all his life. As a youth, he worked on mainframes and sold video games.

Kramer served in the Israel Defense Forces’ Unit 8200, a cybersecurity and intelligence team whose operations include gathering, analyzing and decrypting data; over the years, the unit has produced many of Israel’s top high-tech entrepreneurs. After completing his military service, Kramer earned a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

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