Early Life and Education
George Kurtz was born on October 14, 1970, in New Jersey. From a young age, he displayed a strong interest in technology, programming video games as a child and building bulletin board systems in high school. Kurtz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University.
Rise to Success
Kurtz began his career at Price Waterhouse as a Certified Public Accountant. In 1999, he founded Foundstone, a cybersecurity company specializing in vulnerability management, which was acquired by McAfee in 2004. He became McAfee's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Risk Management. In 2011, Kurtz co-founded CrowdStrike, a cloud-native cybersecurity company. Under his leadership, CrowdStrike has grown into a leading cybersecurity firm.
Key Business Strategies
Kurtz's leadership at CrowdStrike has focused on cloud-native solutions and proactive threat detection. CrowdStrike's Falcon platform provides real-time threat detection, automated threat intelligence, and incident response. The company has achieved substantial growth, with a market cap of over $100 billion and revenues of $4.812 billion in 2026.
Philanthropy
Information regarding specific philanthropy amounts is not readily available. However, George Kurtz is co-owner and strategic advisor of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.