The cyber protection company adds accomplished leader to accelerate growth, 
expand its network of service providers, drive product strategy, and prepare 
for the next level 



Acronis(http://www.acronis.com/), the global leader in cyber 
protection(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cyber-protection/), today appointed 
cloud software and hosting industry veteran Patrick Pulvermueller as Chief 
Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2021. Pulvermueller succeeds Serguei 
Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013. 

Pulvermueller joins Acronis from GoDaddy, where he most recently served as 
President of the Partner Business. In that role, he led the company's strategic 
expansion of its Hosting, Productivity, and Security services through resellers 
and agency partners. Combining that experience with his product development 
expertise, Pulvermueller is an expert in developing successful, cloud-based 
go-to-market strategies, particularly through service providers, resale 
channels, and strategic alliances. He previously held executive leadership 
roles as CEO of Host Europe GmbH and Group CEO of Host Europe Group (HEG), 
where he previously served as Group COO.

"I am excited to join the Acronis team, engage with our tremendous partner 
network, and continue Serguei's vision of providing industry-changing cyber 
protection services," said Pulvermueller. "Acronis is poised to disrupt the 
data protection and cybersecurity markets while redefining how service 
providers leverage remote monitoring and management (RMM) and professional 
services automation (PSA) services. I look forward to contributing my knowledge 
and experience in the service provider business to ensure we take full 
advantage of that opportunity." 

Pulvermueller takes over at a pivotal time. Acronis just received over $250 
million in an investment round including CVC Capital Partners VII and others, 
which values the company at more than $2.5 billion. In addition to accelerating 
its technology and product development, the company plans to leverage that 
investment to further enhance its go-to-market initiatives – an area in which 
Pulvermueller has deep expertise – by expanding its broad partner network, 
which includes managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service 
providers (MSSPs), hosting partners, cloud distributors, cloud aggregators, 
network service providers, and others.

Acronis Chairman of the Board of Directors, René Bonvanie, noted, "Having added 
more than $1.5 billion in valuation during the past 18 months, Acronis is on a 
tremendous growth trajectory thanks to the cyber protection strategy put in 
motion by Serguei. Given Patrick's demonstrated expertise in helping rapid 
growth companies scale and proven success in a channel-centric environment, we 
are confident he will accelerate Acronis' success and prepare the company for 
the next stage."

As Acronis' founder and largest shareholder, Serguei Beloussov will continue to 
be involved in the company as a member of the Board of Directors and Acronis 
Chief Research Officer, directing the technology and research strategy. He will 
focus on the company's advanced technologies, including Autonomous Research, 
Data Management, Cyber Network, Cyber Platform, and Enterprise products. He 
will also focus on developing Acronis' university relations program, including 
with the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology(https://sit.org/)(SIT) in 
Switzerland, which he co-founded in 2019.  

In making the announcement, he said, "I'm proud of Acronis' success to date and 
believe now is the perfect time to pass the baton to Patrick. We did an 
extensive search for an outstanding leader and Patrick's track record of 
success, partner-led approach, and operational expertise were obvious 
strengths. He has the experience to continue pushing Acronis' mission, improve 
our operations, and build a multi-billion dollar revenue stream – taking the 
organization, the product portfolio, and our partnerships to the next level."

About Acronis

Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity to deliver integrated, 
automated cyber protection that solves the safety, accessibility, privacy, 
authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges of the modern digital world. With 
flexible deployment models that fit the demands of service providers and IT 
professionals, Acronis provides superior cyber protection for data, 
applications, and systems with innovative next-generation antivirus, backup, 
disaster recovery, and endpoint protection management solutions. With advanced 
anti-malware powered by cutting-edge machine intelligence and blockchain-based 
data authentication technologies, Acronis protects any environment – from cloud 
to hybrid to on-premises – at a low and predictable cost.

Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis 
now has more than 1,600 employees in 34 locations in 19 countries. Its 
solutions are trusted by more than 5.5 million home users and 500,000 
companies, including 100% of the Fortune 1000, and top-tier professional sports 
teams. Acronis products are available through 50,000 partners and service 
providers in over 150 countries in more than 40 languages.

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