March 29, 2024
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Security software company McAfee is going private after its acquisition from an investor group in a deal valued at more than $14 billion, the company announced Monday. Bloomberg first reported last week that a likely deal was imminent.

McAfee was founded in 1987 by John McAfee and became known for its computer antivirus software. The founder left the company, in 1994, and the company was acquired by Intel in 2010 for $7.68 billion. In 2014, Intel announced it was phasing out the McAfee brand name for the security software and rebranding it as Intel Security.

Last October, the company returned to the public stock market. McAfee said in the announcement that it will continue as a pure-play consumer cybersecurity company after selling its Enterprise business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $4 billion in July.

The company announced the deal on Monday to sell to the investor group, which includes Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers, and Crosspoint Capital Partners, is expected to close in the first half of 2022.

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