Natalya Kaspersky

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Full Name	Natalya Kaspersky
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1966(1966-02-05)
Age	58
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Natalya Kaspersky Biography

Natalya Kaspersky is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on February 5, 1966 in Moscow, Russia. Natalya Kasperskaya, maiden name Stutser, was born in Moscow on 5 February 1966 into a family consisting of engineers and employees at the Soviet defense research center.

Natalya was appointed head of the distribution department for AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) in September 1994. The product had been under Eugene Kaspersky’s development since 1991. Natalya built distribution channels and established technical support networks. She also entered international markets. Sales grew rapidly from $100-200 per monthly in 1994 to over $130,000 after one year, $600,000 in 1996, and $1 million in 1997. Revenue was split between the mother company and the team until 1997 when the future founders at ‘Kaspersky Lab’ decided to start their own company.

Natalya met her second husband, Igor Ashmanov, in 1996 at the CeBIT computer expo in Hannover, where they were working at neighboring stands. A year later, Natalya and Igor renewed their acquaintance and started communicating with one another regularly on a professional basis. Natalya Kasperskaya remembers that they started dating two or three years later, after the divorce with Eugene, with the couple deciding to marry in 2001.

Natalya launched the Kaspersky Lab foundation in June 1997, was key to the naming of the new company, and worked as CEO for more than 10 years. Shares in ‘Kaspersky Lab’ were initially split between Eugene Kaspersky (50%), his two teammate programmers Alexey De-Monderik and Vadim Bogdanov (20% each), and Natalya Kasperskaya (10%). In 1997, Kaspersky Lab sales started to double yearly, with turnover reaching around $7 million in 2001 and exceeding $67 million in 2006.

Natalya, then twenty-one, met Eugene Kaspersky at a resort. They married six months later. In 1989, Natalya, who was in her fifth year at this institute, gave birth to Maxim. Ivan followed in 1991. Eugene initiated the divorce and the couple split in 1997. Their rapidly growing joint business meant that the divorce was not publicized for several years to avoid demotivating employees and panicking the market.

Natalya Kaspersky Net Worth

Natalya Kaspersky is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Natalya Kaspersky 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya, Russian: Natal’ia Ivanovna Kasperskaia; born 5 Februar 1966 in Moscow (Soviet Union), is a Russian IT entrepreneur. She is also President of InfoWatch Group and was the co-founder and former CEO at antivirus security software company Kaspersky Lab. She is also one of Russia’s most powerful and wealthy women, as well as a prominent figure in the Russian IT sector.

Natalya studied applied math at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics from 1984 to 1989. Her diploma topic was a mathematical model of the nuclear reactor cooling system. Later she received a bachelor’s from the Open University of the UK. She met Eugene Kaspersky during her studies at Moscow Institute. They were married in 1986.

After graduating from the institute, Natalya was assigned to the Central Scientific and Construction Bureau in Moscow, where she worked for half a year as a research scientist before going on maternity leave. Natalya started her career in IT at the age of 28, when she took on a job, in January 1994, as a salesperson for a computer accessories and software firm with a 50-dollar monthly salary. The job was based in a newly opened store in the KAMI Information Technologies Center created by a former professor of Natalya’s ex- husband, Eugene Kaspersky, from a Higher School of the KGB during the Soviet epoch. She believes that all personal data, such as search history, geolocation, contacts, correspondence, photo and video materials, should belong to the State.

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Who is Natalya Kaspersky Dating?

According to our records, Natalya Kaspersky married to Eugene Kaspersky. As of December 1, 2023, Natalya Kaspersky’s is not dating anyone.

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In August 2007, Natalya was unseated and suspended from her key management functions by Eugene Kaspersky due to the couple’s divorce and the deepening ideological divide between the two. Eventually, Natalya agreed to stay on as Chairperson of the newly established board of ‘Kaspersky Lab’, before finally breaking all ties with the previously family driven business in 2011, with Kaspersky Lab buying out Natalya’s stake in the company in 2007 and 2011 (around 30% of shares in 2007).

Facts & Trivia

Natalya Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Natalya Kaspersky celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

In April 2011, Natalya’s 20-year-old son Ivan was kidnapped in the Strogino district of Moscow on his way to work, with the perpetrators holding him in one of the villages in the Sergievo-Posadsky subregion of Moscow oblast (suburb) and demanding a ransom of €3 million from his parents. However, five days later Ivan was freed thanks to the actions of the Russian intelligence services, with the five kidnappers, including two repeat offenders, being sentenced to prison terms ranging from 4.5 to 11 years.

Top Facts about Natalya Kaspersky

1. Natalya Kaspersky is a Russian IT entrepreneur born in 1966.
2. She co-founded Kaspersky Lab with her ex-husband in 1997.
3. Kaspersky Lab is one of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies.
4. In 2003, she became CEO of InfoWatch, a data leak prevention company.
5. She was named “Businesswoman of the Year” by Russia’s National Business Award in 2010.
6. Kaspersky has been involved in various philanthropic activities, including supporting orphanages and animal shelters.
7. She holds a degree in applied mathematics from Moscow State University.
8. In 2018, she founded her own blockchain-based platform called Taiga Blockchain Corp.
9. Kaspersky has spoken out against government surveillance and internet censorship.
10. As of 2021, her net worth is estimated to be $660 million USD according to Forbes magazine.