Born: 1945
Birthplace: England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Antivirus entepreneur and yoga wannabe

Worked for Lockheed until 1987, then ventured into the Antivirus business as one of its first hucksters. This was at a time when viruses were not a problem, so the problem had to be created -- and at least one virus, Virus-B, was written with McAfee money. After taking McAfee Inc. public in 1992 (now owned by Network Associates, or NAI), John McAfee founded a new company, Tribal Voice, and released a social networking/chat product called PowWow. McAfee sold out of Tribal Voice at some point, and it has since folded. He now practices and teaches yoga.

Wife: Judy

    University: BA Mathematics, Roanoke College (1967)

    Risk Factors: Yoga

Author of books:
Computer Viruses, Worms, Data Diddlers, Killer Programs, and Other Threats to Your System: what they are, how they work, and how to defend your PC, Mac, or mainframe (1989, John McAfee and Colin Haynes (foreword by John Dvorak)
The Secret of the Yamas: A Spiritual Guide to Yoga (Apr-2001)

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