Yevgeny Kaspersky (Russian: Евгений Валентинович Касперский) is a Russian cybersecurity expert and the CEO of Kaspersky Lab, an IT security company with 4,000 employees. He cofounded Kaspersky Lab in 1997 and helped identify instances of government-sponsored cyberwarfare as the head of research. He has been an advocate for an international treaty prohibiting cyberwarfare.
Kaspersky was born in 1965 in Novorossiysk, Russia. He graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science in 1987 with a degree in mathematical engineering and computer technology. His interest in IT security began when his work computer was infected with the Cascade virus in 1989 and he developed a program to remove it. Kaspersky helped grow Kaspersky Lab through security research and salesmanship. He became the CEO in 2007 and remains so as of 2017.
Early life
Eugene Kaspersky was born on 4 October 1965 in Novorossiysk, Russia. He grew up near Moscow, where he moved at age nine. His father was an engineer and his mother a historical archivist. As a child he developed an early interest in math and technology. He spent his free time reading math books and won second place in a math competition at age 14. When he was fourteen, Eugene began attending A.N. Kolmogorov boarding school, which is run by Moscow University and specializes in math. He was also a member of the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
At the age of 16, Kaspersky entered a five-year program with the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science, which was sponsored by the Russian military and KGB. (At the time, the most prestigious schools in Russia for mathematicians were KGB sponsored.) He graduated in 1987 with a degree in mathematical engineering and computer technology. After graduating college, Kaspersky served the Russian military as a software engineer. He met his first wife Natalya Kaspersky at Severskoye, a KGB vacation resort, in 1987.
Summary
| Eugene Kaspersky Евгений Касперский |
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| Born | Yevgeny Valentinovich Kaspersky 4 October 1965 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | IKSI |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab |
| Known for | Founder of Kaspersky Lab |
| Net worth | $1.04 billion (September 2015) |
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State Prize of the Russian FederationI became interested in computer security in 1989 when my computer was infected with the ‘Cascade’ virus. I was a young software engineer, and managed to get rid of it. That’s when computer security and the fight against malware became my hobby, my passion, and later – my business and my life. Today I’m the CEO of Kaspersky Lab, a global leader in IT security. We’ve always invested in our own technologies, and develop some of the most advanced anti-malware solutions in the world. Our globally renowned team of experts has investigated some of the most complex and sophisticated cyberattacks ever known, including Stuxnet, Flame, Red October and Regin. We cooperate extensively with Interpol, Europol and national police bodies, actively assisting them in their fight against cybercrime.
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