John McAfee is a famous Scottish-American programmer, as well as a businessman. To the public, John McAfee is perhaps best known as a founder of the global computer security software company called “McAfee, Inc.”. Founded in 1987, the company was initially called “McAfee Associates”, and served as an anti-virus company. However, as it grew larger and encompassed a wider range of products, it changed its name to “McAfee, Inc.”. Currently, the company specializes in the sales of products related to data protection, mobile security, network security, risk & compliance, and email & web security. John McAfee had worked at the company for several years, until in 1994 he resigned from it, after having sold all of his stakes in “McAfee, Inc.”, which amounted to approximately $100 million. When McAfee resigned, Michael DeCesare, the president of “McAfee, Inc.” became a key person in the company. Nowadays, “McAfee, Inc.” company is fully incorporated into a multinational corporation called “Intel Corporation”, which specializes in the production of flash memory, Bluetooth chipsets, mobile phones and network interface cards.
John McAfee Net Worth $4 Million
A well-known programmer, as well as the founder of “McAfee, Inc.”, how rich is John McAfee? According to sources, John McAfee’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million, most of which he has accumulated due to his business ventures.
John McAfee was born in 1945, in Scotland, but his family moved out to the United States, where he spent his childhood in Virginia. While in Salem, Virginia, John McAfee attended Roanoke College, from which he graduated with a BA in mathematics in 1967. McAfee’s first job was at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies, where he worked as a programmer for two years. After leaving the NASA laboratory, McAfee was employed at a company called “UNIVAC”, which dealt with the production of various operating systems. Shortly afterwards, he joined a multinational document management corporation entitled “Xerox”, and even worked at “Computer Science Corporation”.
After leaving “McAfee, Inc.” company, John McAfee took up various other business ventures. That same year, in 1994, he founded an instant message and chat program called “PowWow”, which was designed for “Windows” users. Aside from founding the company, McAfee also served as its CEO. In addition to that, McAfee established such companies as “QuorumEx”, and “Future Tense Central”. A respectable businessman, John McAfee failed to avoid controversy and legal issues. In 2012, McAfee was one of the suspects in the murder of Gregory Viant Faull. Following these accusations, McAfee fled the United States and relocated to Guatemala in order to seek political asylum. However, he was placed in prison for illegally entering the country, until he was released from it and brought back to the United States later in 2012. Upon his return to the United States, McAfee succeeded at avoiding imprisonment, yet most of his assets were auctioned. As a result of this, as well as numerous unsuccessful investments, John McAfee’s wealth has decreased significantly.
A famous programmer, as well as a businessman, John McAfee has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
