George Kurtz

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George Kurtz (born October 14, 1970) is an American entrepreneur, businessman and racing driver. He is a co-founder and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity technology company. Kurtz also co-owns the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, serving as a technology adviser and steering-committee member. Before founding CrowdStrike, he founded Foundstone, a security products and anti-virus software company, and became chief technology officer of McAfee after it acquired Foundstone in 2004. He has made a number of contributions to cybersecurity, including creating the field of vulnerability management; defining terminology, workflows, and services that remain central to cybersecurity; and leading an industry shift toward cloud-based cybersecurity architectures. Kurtz is co-author of Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, a book covering network security, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing techniques. In 2024, Fortune magazine named Kurtz one...

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