Founders & Companies · Jul 16, 2026
Boaz Dotan: Amdocs Co-FounderBoaz Dotan co-founded Amdocs in 1982 with Morris Kahn and Avi Naor, built the Israeli carrier-software era, and helped establish the model every subse…
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Delta Galil: The $2.1B Israeli Apparel Giant
Delta Galil Industries (TASE: DELG): founded 1975 in Israel. $2.12B revenue 2025. 25,000 employees. CEO Isaac Dabah holds 49%. Manufactures for the world's biggest apparel brands.
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.
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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 · Jun 16, 2026
Eyal Ofer: The $33.6B Israeli BillionaireEyal Ofer — Forbes $33.6B. Son of Sammy Ofer. Chairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Group (190+ vessels), Global Holdings (120+ properties including 15 Cent…
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Arnon Milchan: The $6.4B Producer Who Worked for Israeli IntelligenceArnon Milchan — Israeli billionaire, founder of New Regency Productions, 130+ Hollywood films including two Best Picture winners, former LAKAM intelli…
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Rami Levy: Israel's Discount Supermarket KingHe started with a single shop in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market. Forty-five years later, his name is the synonym for price discounting in Israel.
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She Inherited Melisron — She Built an EmpireInherited Ofer Investments from Yuli Ofer. Took Melisron from regional player to one of the two largest real estate companies in Israel. One of two fe…
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Inside the Idan Ofer ArchitectureSunday Times Rich List 2026 puts Idan Ofer at £24.5 billion. The portfolio runs through Guernsey, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and London. Inside the architec…
Founders & Companies · Jun 29, 2026
Amnon Shashua: Mobileye Co-Founder, Hebrew University Sachs ChairAmnon Shashua turned Israeli academic computer vision into global industrial infrastructure — Mobileye, OrCam, AI21 Labs, Mentee Robotics, all from Je…
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…