George Kurtz

George Kurtz
George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike
Kurtz, c. 2016
Born (1965-05-05) May 5, 1965 (age 59)
New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Alma materSeton Hall University (BS)
Occupation(s)President and CEO of CrowdStrike
SpouseAnnamaria Kurtz
Children2

George Kurtz (born May 5, 1965) is an American businessman. He is the CEO of the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which he co-founded with Dmitri Alperovitch.

In 2024, his company CrowdStrike crashed millions of Windows computers around the world, causing billions of dollars in economic losses in what has been called the largest outage in the history of information technology.[2]

Earlier, Kurtz co-wrote Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions and founded Foundstone.[3] He was serving as chief technology officer of McAfee when that company released a patch that crashed many of its client's computers.[4][5] He is also an amateur racing driver.[6]

  1. ^ Velloor, Ravi (September 10, 2017). "In Good Company: CrowdStrike's George Kurtz is in a race against hackers". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Milmo, Dan; Kollewe, Julia; Quinn, Ben; Taylor, Josh; Ibrahim, Mimi (July 19, 2024). "'Largest IT outage in history' hits Microsoft Windows and causes global chaos". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "George Kurtz". www.carnegiecouncil.org. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "George Kurtz". CrowdStrike. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
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  6. ^ Dagys, John (June 6, 2023). "Kurtz Approaching Le Mans Debut With "Open Mind" – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.