Florin Talpeș

Bitdefender's CEO and founder, is a visionary entrepreneur who has worked in the high-tech security business for the past 20 years. Right after the “fall” of the soviet block in 1990, with his wife Mariuca, he created Softwin, one of the first ever Romanian private software companies and the mother company of Bitdefender.

As a founder of the National Association of Software Services Industry, Florin Talpeș has helped develop a major hub in the IT World in Central and Eastern Europe by encouraging international expansion of technology start-ups. Mr Talpes received the ‘Best CEO in Romania’ 2016 award from Capital publication”. Mr. Talpes is a Math University graduate with a Master in Operator’s Theory