Pavel Baudiš (born 15 May 1960) is a Czech

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, entrepreneur and the co-founder of

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along with

Eduard Kučera Eduard Kučera (born 11 January 1953) is a Czech software engineer and an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the computer security company Avast along with Pavel Baudiš. Kučera is the 10th wealthiest person in the Czech Republic as of 2022 ac ...

. As of 2022, he is the 8th wealthiest person in the

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, with a net worth of more than 54.5 billion

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according to ''

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''. Born in Prague, he graduated in Information Technology from the Prague University of Chemical Technology. He then worked as a Graphics Specialist at the Mathematical Research Institute. He entered business began with his friend

at the end of the communist regime in 1989, when he founded

Alwil Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Avast has more than ...

. In the early 1990s, the company was renamed Avast Software, based on its best known product,

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. It soon faced intense competition, especially from Symantec, which used an aggressive pricing policy in a bid to lead the market. In response Baudiš and Kucera took a radical defense strategy, offering its product for free. As a result, Avast ultimately emerged as the largest anti-virus firm in the world.In Czech: Euro.Cz
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