Mikel Urizarbarrena

Mikel Urizarbarrena (born in Zaldibar, Basque Country, Spain) is the founder and former CEO of Antivirus Software maker Panda Software.^[1]

He founded the company in 1990, along with his wife (current vice chairman of the company) and two other friends, in the town of Durango, Biscay.

His company began as a developer of educational software for driver teaching schools. Mikel shifted his company to the antivirus market. After developing the new software, his company won a contract with IBM in Spain for distributing his software with their OEM computers^{[citation needed]}.

According to French national newspaper L'Express, Urizarbarrena is a member of the Church of Scientology whose first donation of $40,000 in 1996 has been repeated regularly since.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Mikel Urizarbarrena, Premio Emprendedor 2004, reclama valentía a los empresarios" (in Spanish). ABC.es (ABC Periódico Electrónico). 2005-02-26. http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-26-02-2005/abc/Economia/mikel-urizarbarrena-premio-emprendedor-2004-reclama-valentia-a-los-empresarios_20845940652.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
2. ^ http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/droits-de-reponse_642267.html (in french)

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