No. 235United States
George Kurtz
Security software · Paradise Valley, Arizona
Net worth
$13.3B
Today
+$405M+3.15%Past month
−$1.2B−8.39%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
George Kurtz is cofounder and CEO of CrowdStrike, a cloud-based cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California. Kurtz cofounded the company with Dmitri Alperovitch in 2011 and took it public in 2019. In 2024, a bug in a CrowdStrike software update set off an outage that grounded flights, took media outlets offline and disrupted companies worldwide. CrowdStrike recorded $4.8 billion in revenue in the year through January 2026. Prior to CrowdStrike, Kurtz started security tech firm Foundstone in 1999, which was acquired by McAfee in 2004.
Net worth over time
−8.39%−$1.2B over the past month
$15B$14B$12B
Oct 12Nov 11
Principal holdings
2 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
CrowdStrike Holdings NASDAQ: CRWD | Technology | 74.1% | $9.8B |
Private and other holdings | Technology | 25.9% | $3.4B |