Greg Johnson, the EVP who leads Intuit’s consumer business, has been chosen as the new CEO of McAfee. Johnson had headed the group since November 2020.
He will succeed CEO Peter Leav on June 13. Leav, who was with the company for two years, headed taking McAfee, known for anti-virus software, private in to Advent International for $12 billion.
Johnson joined Intuit in 2012, coming from Advance Auto Parts, where he worked for four years nine months. At Advance, he was SVP and chief marketing officer and was Do-It-Yourself Retail GM. The consumer business is dominated by Intuit's TurboTax software.
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