# George Kurtz

> George Kurtz is the American co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, founder of Foundstone, former worldwide CTO of McAfee and co-author of Hacking Exposed. He is also an endurance racing driver and a Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team co-owner and technology adviser. His career spans accounting, penetration testing, cloud security and international motorsport.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at CrowdStrike
- **Organizations:** CrowdStrike, Foundstone, McAfee, Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young, CrowdStrike Racing by APR, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Accounting, Seton Hall University
- **Known for:** Built Foundstone, acquired by McAfee in a deal announced at $86 million., Co-authored Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions., Led CrowdStrike through its 2019 Nasdaq listing.

## Career timeline

- **1993** — Joined Price Waterhouse’s security division.
- **1999** — Co-authored Hacking Exposed and founded Foundstone in October.
- **2004** — Foundstone acquired by McAfee; acquisition completed in October.
- **2009** — Became McAfee worldwide CTO.
- **2011** — Co-founded CrowdStrike; public launch followed in 2012.
- **2013** — CrowdStrike launched Falcon.
- **2019** — CrowdStrike began trading on Nasdaq on June 12.
- **2023** — Won the Le Mans LMP2 Pro-Am class and IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup LMP2 title.
- **2024** — Publicly apologized after the July 19 CrowdStrike Windows content-update outage.
- **2025** — Became Mercedes F1 co-owner, technology adviser and steering-committee member.
- **2026** — Won Daytona LMP2 and the IMSA LMP2 championship with CrowdStrike Racing by APR.

## Achievements

- Built Foundstone, acquired by McAfee in a deal announced at $86 million.
- Co-authored Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions.
- Led CrowdStrike through its 2019 Nasdaq listing.
- Won the 2023 Le Mans LMP2 Pro-Am class.
- Won the 2023-24 and 2025-26 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 titles.
- Won the 2026 Rolex 24 at Daytona LMP2 class.
- Won the 2026 IMSA LMP2 championship with Alex Quinn.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Secured the IMSA LMP2 championship with Alex Quinn; the team also won the Petit Le Mans LMP2 class with Toby Sowery.
- **2026-09** — CrowdStrike introduced SafeMind, security models developed with NVIDIA, at Fal.Con.
- **2026-02** — Won the 2025-26 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 title.
- **2026-01** — Won the Rolex 24 at Daytona LMP2 class with Alex Quinn, Toby Sowery and Malthe Jakobsen.
- **2025-11** — Acquired 15% of Toto Wolff’s ownership entity, which held one-third of Mercedes F1; appointed technology adviser.

## Links

- Website: https://georgekurtz.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgekurtz
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/George_Kurtz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgekurtz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeKurtzRacing

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Last updated: 2026-10-10