Mikel Urizarbarrena Explained

Mikel Urizarbarrena (born in Zaldibar, Basque Country, Spain) is the founder and former CEO of Antivirus Software maker Panda Software.[1]

He founded the company in 1990, along with his wife (current vice chairman of the company) and two other friends, in the town of Durango, Biscay.

His company began as a developer of educational software for driver teaching schools. Mikel shifted his company to the antivirus market.

According to French national newspaper L'Express, Urizarbarrena is a member of the Church of Scientology whose first donation of $40,000 in 1996 has been repeated regularly since.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mikel Urizarbarrena, Premio Emprendedor 2004, reclama valentía a los empresarios. 2005-02-26. ABC.es. ABC Periódico Electrónico. Spanish. 2009-03-06. 2010-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20100217051013/http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-26-02-2005/abc/Economia/mikel-urizarbarrena-premio-emprendedor-2004-reclama-valentia-a-los-empresarios_20845940652.html. live.
  2. Droits de réponse . . 2001-05-03 . 9 February 2022 . 2011-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810002238/http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/droits-de-reponse_642267.html . live .

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