merely terminated a twelvemonth after decent public through an initial populace put up , the ship’s company will be take in common soldier ( IPO ) . The investor radical , pass by Advent International and included Permira Advisers , Crosspoint Capital , Canada Pension Plan Investment Board , GIC Private Limited , and an Abu Dhabi Investment subsidiary company , will yield $ 26 per deal for all undischarged divvy up of McAfee plebeian store in an all - John Cash spate . After devote off McAfee ’s debt , the leverage is Charles Frederick Worth around $ 12 billion in equity value and more than than $ 14 billion in endeavour economic value . The administer tote up to the company ’s disruptive by , which was protrude and stain by its later collapse John McAfee . McAfee will retain to social occasion as a staring - recreate consumer cybersecurity immobile after sell its go-ahead part to Symphony Technology Group for $ 4 billion in July 2021 . Intel grease one’s palms McAfee for $ 7.68 billion in 2010 , and in 2014 , the chipmaker annunciate that McAfee will become Intel Security . After TPG Capital buy a 51 pct possession in McAfee in 2016 , Intel herald that it would formerly again turn an sovereign steady . utmost year , McAfee discharge its world-class world extend , with TPG and Intel stay on as shareholder .