Culture, Lifestyle & Reach · 71 stories · Updated Sep 11, 2026
The founders behind Israeli businesses, the executives running them and the ownership decisions that shape their companies.
Lead storyMoon Active, founded by Samuel Albin in Tel Aviv in 2011, built Coin Master into one of the highest-grossing mobile games ever — over $6 billion in lifetime revenue — while staying private through a $5 billion 2021 fundi…
Read →Israel runs a deep founder pipeline.
Per Tracxn data published April 2026, Israel has produced 42 unicorns. Per Israel Innovation Authority data reported by Times of Israel in early 2026, 39 active tech unicorns operate in the country. Tel Aviv accounts for 25 of them; Herzliya for 4; Jerusalem for 3.
The pipeline behind those numbers runs through identifiable institutions: Unit 8200, Talpiot, Unit 9900, Mossad cyber, Shin Bet technology, the Technion's computer science and information security programs, the Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University, and Tel Aviv University. The same names recur across Wiz, CyberArk, Check Point, Mobileye, AI21 Labs, Armis, and the next generation including Heven AeroTech, Wonderful, Oasis Security, and Line5.
Per the Technion CS faculty, faculty graduates lead the unicorn list — including Assaf Rappaport (Wiz), Oren Kaniel (AppsFlyer), Eilon Reshef (Gong), and Nadir Izrael and Yevgeny Dibrov (Armis).
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Moon Active, founded by Samuel Albin in Tel Aviv in 2011, built Coin Master into one of the highest-grossing mobile games ever — over $6 billion in li…
Stanford research shows former Israel Defense Forces soldiers founded 62 US unicorns, ranking above Apple, Harvard and Oracle as top founder pipelines…
Localbird, an Israeli travel-tech startup led by CEO Ben Levy, raised a $7.4M seed round on November 18, 2025, led by Ibex Investors, for an AI concie…
7 For All Mankind, the premium denim brand worn by Kim Kardashian and Prince Harry, has been owned by Israel's Delta Galil since its 2016 VF Corp deal…
Who owns Israel's public companies — the four capital pools that control the TASE. Big Five insurers (Migdal, Harel, Phoenix, Clal, Menora), investmen…
Wix.com is an Israeli company headquartered in Tel Aviv with no controlling owner. Institutions hold roughly 76% of the stock; CEO Avishai Abrahami ho…
Teva has no controlling shareholder. BlackRock holds about 5.5%, and Israeli insurers Harel, Phoenix and Menora hold 3% to 4% each. Who owns Teva, 202…
Teddy Sagi founded Playtech in 1999, building a dominant online gambling platform. His net worth is $7.1 billion in 2026.
