Founders & Companies · Jul 8, 2026
Yossi Carmil: The 19-Year Cellebrite CEOYossi Carmil ran Cellebrite (NASDAQ: CLBT) as co-CEO and then sole CEO for 19 years (Jan 2005 – Dec 31, 2024). Joined 2004 as employee #5 (VP Sales).…
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The Ronn Torossian Archive: 23 Years From 5W to AI Communications
A note from Olam's publisher. The Torossian Communications Archive — sixteen years of indexed publishing consolidated at ronntorossian.com — and why founder-archive architecture matters for Israeli business operators in…
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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Founders & Companies · Jul 9, 2026
Avraham Bigger: Shufersal and Makhteshim AganAvraham Bigger chaired Shufersal from June 2003 and Makhteshim Agan (TASE: MAIN) from January 2007 through late 2010, during the Nochi Dankner control…
Founders & Companies · Jul 17, 2026
Avraham Livnat: Hadera Paper and Granite HacarmelAvraham Livnat: Israeli industrialist whose family controlled Hadera Paper and Granite Hacarmel across decades. Canonical figure in the under-covered…
Founders & Companies · Jul 12, 2026
The Yanai Family: Nofar Energy and BeyondEight children. Two immigrant parents from Tunisia and Libya. Two Tel Aviv-listed operating companies, a ₪2 billion personal fortune, 81% of Hapoel Te…
Founders & Companies · Aug 8, 2026
Sabon: From Shenkin Street to Global BeautySabon: founded 1997 on Shenkin Street, Tel Aviv. Built to 180 stores in 14 countries. Sold to France's Groupe Rocher in 2016 for €120M. Israel operati…
Founders & Companies · Jun 15, 2026
Eliezer Fishman: The Five-Billion-Shekel CollapseEliezer Fishman built one of Israel's largest pyramidal empires — Industrial Buildings, Jerusalem Economy, Mega, stakes in Yedioth and Globes — and co…
Founders & Companies · Jun 17, 2026
Quantum Art Extends Series A to $140 MillionQuantum Art, the Israeli quantum-computing company spun out of the Weizmann Institute of Science, has extended its Series A to $140 million. Bedford R…
Founders & Companies · Jun 8, 2026
Nvidia's Kiryat Tivon CampusNvidia plans a 160,000-square-meter campus in Kiryat Tivon with up to 10,000 employees. If it proceeds, a $4.5T AI infrastructure company becomes Isra…
Founders & Companies · Jun 19, 2026
Shari Arison: The Hapoalim HeiressFor 21 years she was the controlling shareholder of Bank Hapoalim. For 22 years she owned Shikun & Binui. Then between 2018 and 2020 she divested most…