This dude’s life was more action-packed than a Jason Statham, with enough twists to make your head spin. The man was kind of a mixture between Jason Bourne and Bill Gates. Check this out:
Just check the first line in his resume: Engineer at NASA. And we’re not talking about being one of those boring rovers into Mars, the man went all in in the Apollo program, putting men on the moon for the first time.
After hopping around software companies, McAfee had a visionary moment. While being employed as a software engineer, he came face to face with a new sort of problem: Computer viruses. Bear in mind these were the mid 80s, so the whole idea of your Apple II or your trusty IBM being infected was kind of a new thing.
Like a good Chad, he saw the business opportunity, and developed the first ever antivirus software, which he turned into millions.
McAfee even dived into politics, running for U.S. President not once, but twice as a Libertarian.
McAfee’s life was a rollercoaster of bizarre claims and wild adventures. He claimed to have dodged over 50 assassination attempts.
He ended up relocating in Belize, where he spent years arguing against both the Belizean prime minister and the local gangs alike, after being framed for murder.
His enemies even planted a spy within his closest circle, Janice Dyson. After they orderded her to kill him via poisoning, McAfee’s response was to marry her and turn her against her own bosses.
McAfee lived for a while on a heavily armed boat in the Caribbean, and when he finally got caught by the police, he faked a heart attack to escape imprisonment.
The man was a vocal supporter of privacy rights, echoing the sentiments of Edward Snowden.
It is possible that McAfee ended up knowing more than he should, as there were very strong rumors of him blackmailing the US government to avoid paying taxes. He was finally detained in Spain and suspiciously found dead by suicide.
Of course, let ourselves doubt on that one.
Or maybe this is one of his tricks and he’s still alive?
To be perfectly honest here, there are a lot of grey areas in McAfee’s life.
From an alleged murder story, to blackmailing US Government officials to avoid paying taxes. The man was definitely controversial, but no one can deny that the man lived without fear. And never forget, that he who is brave, is also free.