Igor Kasperov is the billionaire owner of an anti-virus software company, Kasperov Labs. At sixteen, he was accepted into the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications, and Computer Science. He was commissioned as an intelligence officer in the Soviet Army. In 1989, he was inspired to stop the flood of viruses. He sent his critics cases of vodka. Forbes reported sales increased 174% between 2009-2012, totaling 5.5 million users a year. He took great pleasure in his business, which employed hundreds of engineers and designers. He gave them free reign.