Vincent Pilette | |
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 Vincent Pilette | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | CEO of Gen Digital |
| Children | 2 |
Vincent Pilette is an American businessman who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Gen Digital, a Fortune 500 company specializing in consumer cyber safety with a family of brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender. Pilette previously served in a number of executive management roles at Logitech, Electronics for Imaging, and HP.
Pilette was born in 1972 in Belgium. [1] [2]
Pilette holds a M.S. in engineering and business from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. [3]
In 2019, Pilette was appointed CEO of LifeLock, later renamed GenDigital after the 2022 acquisition of Avast. [4] [5] As CEO, Pilette led the separation of the consumer assets of Symentec and their transformation into NortonLifelock. Pilette directed and implemented the strategy that led to the acquisition of Avast. [6] As a result of its expansion strategy, GenDigital covers 500 million users in 150 countries. [7]
Pilette brought to GenDigital over 20 years of operating experience in the technology sector, with positions at Logitech, Electronics for Imaging and Hewlett-Packard. [8] [9] [6] [10] [11]
Pilette serves on the board of directors of SonicWall, a privately held company in the software space. [12]
Pilette is married with two children. [10]
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