Tech entrepreneur John McAfee was broke when he died, mostly because he blew his money on properties he didn’t even live in, according to a biographer who worked closely with him.
At one point McAfee, who was found dead in a Spanish jail last month aged 75, was worth $100 million. But when he died, all the money had been spent on “absolutely bizarre properties,” author Mark Eglinton said in a Saturday MailOnline report.
Eglington, who will release a book on McAfee’s life later this year, spent months interviewing McAfee while he was on the run. McAfee was due to collaborate with Eglinton on the upcoming book but was unable to pay the fee requested for the biography, the author told MailOnline.
Cybersecurity pioneer McAfee was the founder of popular antivirus software, McAfee. Later in his life he became known for his crazy outbursts, being the spokesman for crypto and his fiercely libertarian lifestyle.
He also got in serious trouble with the law for tax evasion. He al
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