Eduard Kučera (born 11 January 1953) is a Czech

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and an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the

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company Avast along with

Pavel Baudiš Pavel Baudiš (born 15 May 1960) is a Czech software engineer, entrepreneur and the co-founder of Avast along with Eduard Kučera. As of 2022, he is the 8th wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with a net worth of more than 54.5 billion Czech ...

. Kučera is the 10th wealthiest person in the

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as of 2022 according to ''

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'', with a net worth of more than 32.4 billion

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. Kučera studied in

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before co-founding Alwil Software with Baudiš. The company was renamed to Avast Software and

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became one of the most used computer security software applications.Avast worth 'upwards of $2 billion'; no IPO before 2017

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. Published on 29 October 2015

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