Werner Koch
- January 10, 2024
- Cryptographer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Werner Koch |
| Occupation | Cryptographer |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 11, 1961(1961-07-11) |
| Age | 63 |
| Birthplace | Düsseldorf |
| Country | Germany |
| Birth City | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Werner Koch Biography
| Name | Werner Koch |
| Birthday | Jul 11 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Düsseldorf |
| Home Town | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Werner Koch is one of the most popular and richest Cryptographer who was born on July 11, 1961 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Koch lives in Erkrath, near Düsseldorf, Germany. He began writing GNU Privacy Guard in 1997, inspired by attending a talk by Richard Stallman who made a call for someone to write a replacement for Phil Zimmermann’s Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) which was subject to U.S. export restrictions. The first release of GNU Privacy Guard was in 1999 and it went on to become the basis for most of the popular email encryption programs: GPGTools, Enigmail, and Koch’s own Gpg4win, the primary free encryption program for Microsoft Windows.
In 1999 Koch, via the German Unix User Group which he served on the board of, received a grant of 318,000 marks (about $170,000 US) from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology to make GPG compatible with Microsoft Windows. In 2005 he received a contract from the German government to support the development of S/MIME.
Werner Koch Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cryptographer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Werner Koch is one of the richest Cryptographer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Werner Koch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Werner Koch (born July 11, 1961) is a German free software developer. He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG). He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe. He is the winner of Award for the Advancement of Free Software in 2015 for founding GnuPG.
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Jerry Ranked on the list of most popular Cryptographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Werner Koch celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.