The Gen Digital Inc media kit
Gen Digital Inc in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Gen Digital Inc.
Media kit
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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Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
3,900
People on the team, by its own count
In a sentence
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.
In a paragraph
Gen Digital Inc was based in Dual headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and Tempe, Arizona. Vincent Pilette is its chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Gen; Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera are co-founders. About 3,900 people across the whole of Gen, in more than 20 countries, as of April 3, 2026, according to its annual report.
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Vincent Pilette
Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Gen
Pavel Baudiš
Co-founder of Alwil, the company that became Avast
Eduard Kučera
Co-founder of Alwil, the company that became Avast
Natalie Derse
Chief Financial Officer of Gen
123 open roles across the whole of Gen, most of them in product and portfolio (46) and technology (26).
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Avast, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
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Part 03 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
123
Open roles on Gen Digital Inc's careers page
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