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Aug 30, 2022 · Last month Netflix announced a brand new true crime documentary, following controversial anti-virus mogul John McAfee during his time on the run in Central America. The documentary has now...
- He Launched His First Entrepreneurial Venture Before Even Finishing College
- He Made $100M - and Lost $96M of It
- He Became Detached from Reality and Said He’D Become Filthy and Unkempt
- He Fell Under Suspicion of Killing A Man
- He Tried to Run For President - Twice
- A Post from Beyond The Grave
British-born McAfee moved to America with his parents when he was young - and when the future entrepreneur was just 15 years old his alcoholic father took his own life. And while McAfee also drank heavily at college, he quickly managed to channel most of his energies into selling magazines door-to-door in his first entrepreneurial venture.
He resigned in 1994 - long before most people owned their own computers - cashing out for a cool $100m. Right around that time, life seemed pretty wholesome. He lived a chill existence of giving startup advice, giving lectures to college kids, and playing around with a couple of projects that would never get off the ground. AFP via Getty Images But...
He grew disconnected from society, and said at one point: “My fragile connection with the world of polite society has, without a doubt, been severed. My attire would rank me among the worst-dressed Tijuana panhandlers. My hygiene is no better. Yesterday, for the first time, I urinated in public, in broad daylight.”
After becoming a ‘person of interest’ after his neighbor was shot to death, he fled Belize. An ill-judged interview with Vice ended up with him being tracked down to Guatemala because the website hadn’t scrubbed the photo GPS co-ordinates. He later went back to the US - and a media circus.
In 2016, and in 2020, he made long-shot attempts to become president. He ran for the Libertarian Party’s nomination on both occasions, but was unsuccessful. He decided that taxes were illegal, and vowed he’d never kill himself. Then got arrested for tax evasion, and reportedly killed himself. AFP via Getty Images McAfee believed that taxes are ille...
Shortly after his death was announced - a single post appeared on his Instagram account. The white background with a large, black, bold-font ‘Q’ sparked a renewed wave of speculation surrounding his death, and appeared to reference the QAnon conspiracy theory that took hold among folks on the fringe-right before, during and after the 2020 election.
McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. He disavowed the company's continued use of his name in branding, a practice that has persisted in spite of a short-lived corporate rebrand attempt under Intel ownership.
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Nov 16, 2012 · The anti-virus software guru, who started McAfee Associates in 1989, has been in hiding since police said they wanted to question him about the weekend murder of his neighbor, fellow...
Jul 1, 2021 · Born: September 18th, 1945. Died: June 23rd, 2021. As the inventor of the antivirus software that bears his name, John McAfee, who has died aged 75 after apparently taking his own life in a...
Jun 27, 2021 · Michael Carlson. Sun 27 Jun 2021 12.37 EDT. As the inventor of the antivirus software that bears his name, John McAfee, who has died aged 75 after apparently taking his own life in a...
Jun 24, 2021 · FILE — In this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo, anti-virus software founder John McAfee answers questions to reporters as he walks on Ocean Drive, in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla. McAfee, the outlandish security software pioneer who tried to live life as a hedonistic outsider while running from a host of legal troubles, was found dead ...