Famous Entrepreneurs from Israel

List of notable or famous entrepreneurs from Israel, with bios and photos, including the top entrepreneurs born in Israel and even some popular entrepreneurs who immigrated to Israel. If you're trying to find out the names of famous Israeli entrepreneurs then this list is the perfect resource for you. These entrepreneurs are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known entrepreneur from Israel is included when available.

Gene Simmons and Leonard N. Stern are included on this list.

This historic entrepreneurs from Israel list can help answer the questions "Who are some Israeli entrepreneurs of note?" and "Who are the most famous entrepreneurs from Israel?" These prominent entrepreneurs of Israel may or may not be currently alive, but what they all have in common is that they're all respected Israeli entrepreneurs.

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  • Ami James
    Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY
    Ami James (Hebrew: עמי ג'×™×™×ž×”ā€Ž; born April 6, 1972) is an Israeli-American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur
    • Age: 51
    • Birthplace: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
  • Amir Gal-Or

    Amir Gal-Or (Hebrew: ××ž×™×Ø ×’×œ××•×Ø) (born 1962) is an Israeli businessman. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Infinity Group, and Founder and Chairman of Innonation. Gal-Or served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
    • Age: 60
    • Birthplace: Israel
  • Andrei Zary Broder (Hebrew: אנדרי זרי ×‘×Ø×•×“×Øā€Ž) is a distinguished scientist at Google. Previously, he was a research fellow and vice president of computational advertising for Yahoo!, and before that, the vice president of research for AltaVista. He has also worked for IBM Research as a distinguished engineer and was CTO of IBM's Institute for Search and Text Analysis.
  • Binyamin "Beny" Alagem (Hebrew: בנימין אלג'ם) (born 1953 in Israel) is an Israeli American entrepreneur, business executive, hotelier and philanthropist. He is the founder and former Chief Executive of Packard Bell Computers. He is the owner of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California.
    • Age: 70
    • Birthplace: Israel
  • Erez Pilosof
    Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Public domain

    Erez Pilosof

    • Age: 51
    • Birthplace: Israel
  • Gene Klein (born Chaim Witz on August 25, 1949), known professionally as Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, author, and television personality. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded with lead singer and rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in the early 1970s.
    • Age: 73
    • Birthplace: Tirat Carmel, Israel