Cybersecurity

McAfee Named CEO of Gaming Company in Shift to Cybersecurity

  • MGT Capital to become John McAfee Global Technologies Inc.
  • McAfee is a presidential candidate for Libertarian Party
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John McAfee has been named the chairman and chief executive officer of MGT Capital Investments Inc., marking a return to public markets about five years after the eponymous anti-virus company he founded was sold to Intel Corp. for $7.68 billion.

McAfee will oversee the small, mobile-gaming company’s move into cybersecurity. MGT is acquiring technology and assets from spyware maker D-Vasive Inc. and will change its name to John McAfee Global Technologies Inc., according to a statement Bloomberg TerminalMonday.