Eugene Kaspersky

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as of 10/04/24

About Eugene Kaspersky

Eugene Kaspersky graduated from the Higher School of KGB and began creating his first antiviral programs in the early 1990s.

Kaspersky became interested in computer security in 1989 when his computer was infected with the 'Cascade' virus.

The young engineer founded Kaspersky Lab in 1997, with Eugene heading the company's antivirus research.

Over 400 million users now use Kaspersky Lab products to protect their computers.

Kaspersky is a Forbes contributor.

In 2019-2022 Kaspersky Lab bought about 60% of New Cloud Technologies, developer of office software suite MyOffice.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Russian Federation

Source of wealth

Software

Residence

Moscow, Russian Federation

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/04/65 (age 59)

Number of children

Education

Master of Science, Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science (FSB Academy)

Self-made

self-made