Natalia Kasperskaya

Natalya Kasperskaya (Russian: Наталья Касперская) is the Chairman of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab.cite web
url = http://www.kaspersky.com/usexecteam
title = Kaspersky Lab US Executive Team
accessdate = 2006-10-07
publisher = Kaspersky Lab
quote = Natalia Kasperskaya 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.] As of October 2006, she and her ex-husband Eugene Kaspersky, a former cryptologist, together own about 80 percent of the company.cite news
url = http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2885&iArticleId=3479432
first = Astrid
last = Wendlandt
authorlink = Astrid Wendlandt
title = Microsoft - caught between EU and US anti-virus firms
publisher = IOL Technology
date = 2006-10-06
accessdate = 2007-03-08]

Biography

Natalia Kasperskaya graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building (MIEM) 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. She participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences worldwide.

Kasperskaya has one daughter, Monika, and one son, Igor.

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