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Nationality
  
British-Israeli

Residence
  
Jerusalem, Israel

Name
  
Zvi Schreiber

Books
  
Fizz

Role
  
Author

Spouse
  
Rina Schreiber


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Born
  
9 June 1969 (age 54) London, England (
1969-06-09
)

Organizations founded
  
Freightos, G.ho.st

Zvi schreiber at web2 0 summit presenting g ho st


Dr. Zvi Schreiber, ( ; born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli serial entrepreneur, executive, and author. He has founded high-tech startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Palestinian–Israeli team. In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting.

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He is currently the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos, a "leading sales automation platform for the logistics industry" that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people".

Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber Discusses International Freight Shipping on BBC World News


Startups

Schreiber has founded the following companies:

  • IsraTec Limited
  • Tradeum Inc, acquired by VerticalNet
  • Unicorn Inc, acquired by IBM
  • Ghost Inc (which traded as G.ho.st and has now closed operations).
  • Freightos (trading name of Tradeos Limited)
  • Executive positions

    In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd, based in Israel, where he had served as a director since 1996. His father David Schreiber, an experienced businessman and investor, chaired the board. Lightech was acquired by GE Lighting at the end of 2011, during Schreiber's tenure.

    Other activities and achievements

    Schreiber has spoken at software industry events and at some economic conferences, and is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.

    Books

    Schreiber is the author of two books:

  • Bad Hair Day, a small picture book with his own photography
  • Fizz: Nothing is as it seems, which tells the story of the history of physics through a novel about a troubled young girl who time travels to meet Galileo, Newton, Einstein, and others, in the genre of Sophie's World.
  • Education

    Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London, and an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London.

    References

    Zvi Schreiber Wikipedia