John  McAfee

John McAfee

John McAfee is a British-American computer programmer. In 1987, McAfee founded McAfee Associates, a computer anti-virus company that was the first to distribute anti-virus software using the shareware business model. Other business ventures that he founded included Tribal Voice, which developed one of the first instant messaging programs, PowWow. In 2000, John McAfee invested in and joined the board of directors of Zone Labs, makers of firewall software, prior to its acquisition by Check Point Software in 2003.