Tech Twosome That Snubbed Communists Strikes Blow for Capitalism
- Avast’s co-founders hit it big after London’s largest tech IPO
- Pavel Baudis, with 27% stake, sees fortune climb to $1 billion
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Pavel Baudis and Eduard Kucera have the strictures of communism to thank for reaching the pinnacle of capitalism.
The Czech co-founders of cyber-security firm Avast Plc only started tinkering with computers together in 1988 after Kucera’s refusal to join the Communist Party stymied his academic career.