Eduard Kučera

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Eduard Kučera
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Born (1953-01-11) 11 January 1953 (age 69)
Alma materCharles University
Spouse(s)Milada 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 8th wealthiest person in the Czech Republic as of 2020 according to Forbes, with a net worth of more than 29 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]

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  1. ^ In Czech: Forbes, 100 nejbohatších Čechů 2020, Accessed 23 October 2020
  2. ^ Avast worth 'upwards of $2 billion'; no IPO before 2017 Reuters. Published on 29 October 2015


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