Rank #2060
Eugene Kaspersky
Net worth $2.0B
Software · Russia
- Born
- Oct 04, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Software
- Residence
- Moscow
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 5
- Education
- Master of Science, Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science (FSB Academy)
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 and headed up the company's antivirus research.
- Over 400 million users now use Kaspersky Lab products to protect their computers.
- In 2019-2024 Kaspersky Lab bought about 70% of New Cloud Technologies, developer of office software suite MyOffice.
- Kaspersky is a Forbes contributor.
- President Trump signed a law that banned the use of Kaspersky Lab products within the U.S. government due to concerns that it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence.