Eugene Kaspersky Named Business Person of the Year

Eugene Kaspersky named business person of the year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, is pleased to announce that Eugene Kaspersky, the company’s CEO and co-founder, was named Business Person of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

“It is a great honour for me to receive such an important award,” commented Eugene Kaspersky. “We greatly appreciate our partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia. We became members in 2009 and since that time have been working together very successfully. I have every confidence that Kaspersky Lab will go on to even greater success in the future as we at the company know that it is essential to continue working hard to provide our customers with the very latest and most innovative IT security technologies.”

The official 17th awards ceremony took place earlier in May in Moscow and brought together more than 200 business executives, politicians and entrepreneurs. Among the guests were John Beyrle, Vladimir Molchanov, Boris Titov, Alexey German and many other celebrities.

The awards covered six categories: Company of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award, Friend of the Chamber, Committee Co-Chair of the Year and the AmCham Chairman’s Award. The winners were decided by the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce, who named Eugene Kaspersky Business Person of the Year in recognition of his outstanding achievements.