The company behind Avast
Gen Digital Inc
Avast is a brand of Gen Digital Inc. (Gen), a Nasdaq-listed company that also owns Norton, LifeLock and MoneyLion. Avast's About page says it earns money mainly from paid subscriptions, along with partnerships and business security products, and that this pays for the free versions.
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Avast at a glance
- Chief executive
- Vincent Pilette
- Based in
- Dual headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and Tempe, Arizona
- Team
- 3,900 people
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
Avast's CEO and founders
The people Gen Digital Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Company details
- Ownership
- Publicly traded. Avast is owned by Gen Digital Inc., whose shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GEN. The company took the name Gen in November 2022, after NortonLifeLock and Avast merged; Avast's own page says so too. investor.gendigital.com
- Based in
- Dual headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and Tempe, Arizona gendigital.com
- Team
- About 3,900 people across the whole of Gen, in more than 20 countries, as of April 3, 2026, according to its annual report sec.gov
- Hiring
- 123 open roles across the whole of Gen, most of them in product and portfolio (46) and technology (26) jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Affiliate program
- Commission on sales of Avast products through links and banners, run only through the Impact network, with a 30-day cookie and monthly payments. Joining is free; the commission rate is not published. avast.com
- Reseller program
- Avast Business reseller program for firms selling its security products to small businesses, with a lead referral program, partner promotions and sales and marketing material. Margins are not published. avast.com
Avast on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/Avast
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gendigitalinc
- YouTubeyoutube.com/avast
- Instagraminstagram.com/avast
- Facebookfacebook.com/avast
- Threadsthreads.com/@gendigital
Only accounts Gen Digital Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Gen Digital Inc
The ways Gen Digital Inc publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Avast news and launches
- Oct 9, 2026Gen Announces Appointment of Talbott Roche to Board of Directors
- Sep 30, 2026Engine by Gen Opens the Door to AI Agents, Creating a Trusted Path to Shop for Insurance
- Sep 25, 2026AI Apps and Agents Are Taking Off. Gen Can Help People Understand What Happens to Their Data.
- Apr 22, 2026How Avast One Silver adapts to your unique online world
Media kit
The Gen Digital Inc media kit
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Questions about Avast the company
Who is the CEO of Avast?
Vincent Pilette is chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Gen, according to gendigital.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Avast?
Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera are named as founders of Gen Digital Inc.
Is Avast funded by investors?
Avast is owned by Gen Digital Inc., whose shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GEN. The company took the name Gen in November 2022, after NortonLifeLock and Avast merged; Avast's own page says so too. Its money comes from the listed company, not from rounds of its own.
Who owns Avast?
Avast is owned by Gen Digital Inc., whose shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GEN. The company took the name Gen in November 2022, after NortonLifeLock and Avast merged; Avast's own page says so too.
Where is Avast based?
Gen Digital Inc gives its base as Dual headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and Tempe, Arizona.
How many people work at Avast?
About 3,900 people across the whole of Gen, in more than 20 countries, as of April 3, 2026, according to its annual report.
Is Avast hiring?
123 open roles across the whole of Gen, most of them in product and portfolio (46) and technology (26).
Is Avast on social media?
Gen Digital Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Threads. The links are on this page, taken from Gen Digital Inc's own site.
Does Avast have an affiliate program?
Commission on sales of Avast products through links and banners, run only through the Impact network, with a 30-day cookie and monthly payments. Joining is free; the commission rate is not published.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Gen Digital Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.