Natalya Kasperskaya is the mother of five children. She speaks two foreign languages - English and German, knows how to play the guitar well. A woman who runs her own business has achieved a lot in her life thanks to her determination.
Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya was born on February 5, 1966 in Moscow. Her maiden name is Stutzer. The great-great-grandfather of Kaspersky Natalia Ivan Shtutser was the author of a textbook on geography. The intelligent family in which Natalya was born raised a single late child. The girl’s parents were engineers of the institute, but this did not prevent her from leading an active lifestyle.
Youth and marriage with Kaspersky
Natalia was interested in social and creative activities, trips around the country, and sports. She took an active part in amateur art. As a child, she was a pioneer organization, was fond of composing poems. Choosing a future field of activity, Natalia Shtutser decided to follow in the footsteps of her parents and forget her youthful dreams.
In 1987, on vacation in a sanatorium at the age of 21, the girl met her future husband. Eugene Kaspersky made an offer to Natalya Shtutser after a stormy romance, when they went camping together and went in for sports. A sad event in the life of lovers was the distribution of Eugene in Chita after receiving his technical education at the KGB Higher School. The young programmer was then married to Natalia, so his mother helped him avoid an unwanted departure. His successful career began with the Ministry of Defense, where he worked as a computer virus specialist.
In 1989, Natalya Kasperskaya defended her diploma at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. Natalya Kasperskaya, after the birth of her first child, was thinking about looking for work, feeling the desire to help her husband in business. Becoming a seller of computer accessories, Natalia began to conduct business at the age of 28. Since 1994, she has been selling antivirus software. Having convinced her husband to become the founder of her own company under the name “Kaspersky Lab” in 1997, she took the position of administrator of the AVP Scientific and Technical Center "KAMI".
The jointly open company became the second business, since the first company, “Data Rescue Center”, turned out to be unprofitable. Having visited the exhibition in Hanover, Kaspersky headed his own company, since he would not be able to become a leader in positions in an English company.
Successful Kaspersky Business
Gradually, Kaspersky’s business gained global significance. At the very beginning of her career, Natalya was poorly versed in computers and did not have the skill to manage the organization. It was difficult for her to avoid business mistakes, as personal sales did not generate income for a long time.
The Kaspersky Lab team consisted of programmers who did not care about leadership activities. Natalya took over the administrative work, as her husband was the owner of the enterprise. Family ties helped her in her career growth. Kaspersky began to succeed in business and the growth rate of sales amounted to 300%.
The number of Kaspersky Labs has increased from 6 to 600 people. The company gained worldwide recognition through international contracts. According to management, the main reasons for the company's success were:
- a new market segment that has not been well researched;
- high level of demand for software;
- weak competitors in the computer market;
- lack of business practices.
Management in the conditions of rapid business development required a woman to increase her knowledge. Natalya Kasperskaya decided to get a second education abroad. She entered the British Open University.
In 1998, Natalya Kasperskaya no longer maintained relations with her husband due to divorce. By this time, the couple had two children, so they tried to hide from others the discord in the family. A division of the business took place between Natalya and Eugene, so the co-owner of the Lab decided to invest her share in the new InfoWatch company.
