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Eduard Kučera

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Eduard Kučera
Born (1953-01-11) 11 January 1953 (age 71)
Alma materCharles University
Known forCo-founder of Avast
SpouseMilada Kučerová

Eduard Kučera (born 11 January 1953) is a Czech software engineer and an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the computer security company Avast along with Pavel Baudiš. Kučera is the 13th wealthiest person in the Czech Republic as of 2023 according to Forbes, with a net worth of more than 29.8 billion Czech koruna.[1]

Kučera studied in Charles University before co-founding Alwil Software with Baudiš. The company was renamed to Avast Software and Avast Antivirus became one of the most used computer security software applications.[2]

References

  1. ^ "100 nejbohatších Čechů 2023". Forbes (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  2. ^ Avast worth 'upwards of $2 billion'; no IPO before 2017 Reuters. Published on 29 October 2015