# Tomer Weingarten

> Tomer Weingarten is the co-founder, chairman, president, and CEO of SentinelOne, the publicly traded cybersecurity company he started in 2013 to replace signature-based antivirus with autonomous, AI-driven endpoint protection. An engineer by trade, Israeli outsider by background, he scaled the company from a Tel Aviv kitchen-table idea to a NYSE-listed business crossing $1B in ARR, betting the platform on agentic AI through Purple AI and Wayfinder.

- **Role:** Co-founder, Chairman, President & CEO at SentinelOne
- **Organizations:** SentinelOne, S Ventures, Carambola Media (former), Toluna (former), Dpolls (former)
- **From:** Petah Tikva, Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Public biographies do not list a completed university degree, Self-taught / engineer by trade
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled SentinelOne to a NYSE-listed public company., Took the company public in June 2021 with ARR growing 116% year-over-year., Crossed $1B in annual recurring revenue.

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2007** — Co-founded Dpolls, an early polling/community startup; acquired by Toluna.
- **2007-2012** — VP of Products at Toluna Holdings following the Dpolls acquisition.
- **2011-2012** — Co-founded Carambola Media, served as CTO.
- **2013** — Co-founded SentinelOne with Almog Cohen and Ehud (Udi) Shamir; became CEO.
- **2018** — Added the title of President.
- **2021** — Took SentinelOne public on the NYSE (ticker: S); became Chairman of the Board.
- **2023** — Crossed $1B in annual recurring revenue.
- **2024** — Launched Purple AI, the company's generative AI security analyst.
- **2025** — Announced acquisition of Prompt Security; revealed Security-for-AI portfolio and Wayfinder managed services at OneCon.
- **2026** — Shipped one-click Auto Investigation for Purple AI at RSAC; sixth straight year as a Leader in Gartner's EPP Magic Quadrant.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled SentinelOne to a NYSE-listed public company.
- Took the company public in June 2021 with ARR growing 116% year-over-year.
- Crossed $1B in annual recurring revenue.
- Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms six years running.
- Built Purple AI into one of the most-attached agentic security products in the market (>50% attach rate by Q4 FY26).

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — At RSAC 2026, SentinelOne announced one-click Auto Investigation for Purple AI.
- **2025-11** — At OneCon 2025, unveiled Security-for-AI portfolio, expanded Purple AI, and debuted Wayfinder managed services.
- **2025-08** — Announced acquisition of AI protection startup Prompt Security.

## Links

- Website: https://sentinelone.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomer-weingarten/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SentinelSec
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-VK-s2nSc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SentinelOne/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30