Natalya Kaspersky

Natalya Kaspersky

Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya, aka Natalya Kaspersky (Russian: Наталья Ивановна Касперская) is the Chairwoman of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab.^[1] Until 2007 she was CEO of Kaspersky Labs.

As of October 2006, she and her ex-husband Eugene Kaspersky, a cryptologist and Kaspersky Lab CEO, own about 80 percent of the company together.^[2]

Biography

Kasperskaya graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machinestry (MIEM) in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics.^[1] After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office.^[1]

In 1994 Kaspersky started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 1997 was turned into Kaspersky Lab company. Kaspersky co-founded the company and became the first CEO.

In 2007 Kaspersky stepped back from CEO position in Kaspersky Lab and took over a daughter company, InfoWatch, taking the CEO position.

Natalya also is co-founder and director in the companies Nanosemantics, virtual talking agents, and Kribrum, social media monitoring.^{[citation needed]}

She participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences worldwide. In 2010 she was co-chair of the first Horasis Global Russia Business Meeting^[3] in Ljubljana.

Kaspersky is married, and has 4 children.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Kaspersky Lab US Executive Team". Kaspersky Lab. http://www.kaspersky.com/usexecteam. Retrieved 2006-10-07. "Natalya Kaspersky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics. After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office. In 1994 Natalya started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 2000 was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Natalya is now CEO of Kaspersky Labs. Today she is a respected figure in the Russian information technology industry and participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences throughout the world." 
2. ^ Wendlandt, Astrid (2006-10-06). "Microsoft - caught between EU and US anti-virus firms". IOL Technology. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2885&iArticleId=3479432. Retrieved 2007-03-08. 
3. ^ Horasis Global Russia Business Meeting 2010

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