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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney and Dan Milmo

Poppy Gustafsson to leave Darktrace after sale to US private equity firm

Poppy Gustafsson
Poppy Gustafsson is to step down as the chief executive of Darktrace with immediate effect. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and chief executive of the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace, is to leave the company after its $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to the US private equity business Thoma Bravo.

Gustafsson, one of the best-known figures in the UK tech industry, founded Darktrace in Cambridge in 2013 with backing from the late billionaire Mike Lynch’s Invoke Capital.

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