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Kurtz is married to Annamaria Kurtz and they had two children, Allegra and Alexander. His daughter Allegra died in 2021 due to brain health complications. [33] [34]
- Need for Speed. Besides rising to the top in cybersecurity, he is an avid car collector who participated in racing events like the Pirelli World Challenges, Radical Cup, and Sports Club of America.
- George began his career as a CPA at Price Waterhouse. Kurtz began work on Sunnyvale-based CrowdStrike in 2012 after beginning his career as a CPA at Price Waterhouse, writing a book on internet security titled “Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions,” then launching FoundStone, which sold to McAfee in 2004 in a deal worth $86 million.
- Technology is a way of life. A love of cybersecurity happened during the fourth grade. Kurtz started programming video games on a Commodore. Then while he was building the high school bulletin board systems, he had his first experience with hackers.
- Never too young. After graduating college, his career began at Price Waterhouse. While there, they selected him as one of the employees in their new security group.
Jan 31, 2023 · George Kurtz is cofounder and CEO of CrowdStrike, a cloud-based cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, Calif. that went public in 2019.
Kurtz spent a few pleasant enough years there and a couple more at E&Y before starting his first company, Foundstone, in 1999.
Nov 9, 2021 · George is an internationally recognized security expert, author, entrepreneur, and speaker. During our discussion, George shared his journey of founding CrowdStrike, the excitement in the community around Humio’s log management solution, and the importance of speed in cybersecurity.
Founder, CEO, Foundstone (Built it into a worldwide security products and services company specializing in incident response. He joined McAfee when it acquired Foundstone in 2004.) Senior positions in security at Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. C.P.A., State of New Jersey, inactive status. EDUCATION.
Nov 11, 2022 · George Kurtz, CEO and co-founder of CrowdStrike, discusses the current cyberthreat landscape and his strategy to drive innovation and lead in the cybersecurity space. On the cyberthreat landscape: “It’s a rough zip code out there, as they say.
