Pavel Baudiš (born 15 May 1960) is a Czech software engineer, entrepreneur and the co-founder of Avast along with Eduard Kučera.

[2] He entered business began with his friend Eduard Kučera at the end of the communist regime in 1989, when he founded Alwil.

It soon faced intense competition, especially from Symantec, which used an aggressive pricing policy in a bid to lead the market.

In response, Baudiš and Kucera took a radical defense strategy, offering its product for free.

[3] In 2018, Avast was the largest tech IPO on the London Stock Exchange with a valuation of $3.4 billion.