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Ahn Cheol-Soo

South Korean physician, educator, and entrepreneur
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January 22, 1962, Busan, South Korea (age 62)
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Ahn Cheol-Soo (born January 22, 1962, Busan, South Korea) is a physician, educator, politician, and computer entrepreneur who founded AhnLab, Inc., South Korea’s largest Internet security firm. He later entered politics, establishing the People’s Party (later reformed as Bareunmirae) and staging several unsuccessful bids for the presidency. Ahn, the son of a physician, received a medical degree (1986) from Seoul National University (SNU) and pursued graduate studies there in physiology (M.S. 1988; Ph.D., 1991). His first encounter with computers was in 1982, through his roommate, who used one. Ahn, who from childhood had been interested in how things worked, bought ...(100 of 895 words)

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