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Zvi Schreiber

Zvi Schreiber

British-Israeli executive, and author


Zvi Schreiber (/ˈtsv/ (born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli businessman, executive, and author. He founded high-tech startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint PalestinianIsraeli team.[1][2][3] In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting.[4]

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Biography

Zvi Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London.[5] He is the brother of Daniel Schreiber, CEO and co-founder of Lemonade. Schreiber also studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Business career

Schreiber is the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos, a digital booking platform for international air and ocean freight[6] that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people".[7] Under Schreiber's leadership Freightos also acquired WebCargo[8] which is a booking platform for freight forwarders, airlines and ocean liners, and launched the daily Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) of containerized shipping prices.[9]

In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd,[10] based in Israel, where he had served as a director since 1996. His father David Schreiber, an experienced businessman and investor, chaired the board.[11] Lightech was acquired by GE Lighting at the end of 2011, during Schreiber's tenure.[12]

Schreiber founded the following companies:

Schreiber has been invited to speak at software industry events[16][17][18] and economic conferences.[19]

He is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.[20] He is the author of a paper presenting a Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) algorithm named k-root-n.[21]

Published works


References

  1. One team, two offices: Israel and Palestine Fortune Small Business, 10 March 2009.
  2. "Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide", BusinessWeek, 27 December 2007
  3. "Co-operation in the ether", The Economist, 23 July 2009
  4. "Lightech Announces Zvi Schreiber as CEO", Edison Report, 1 February 2011
  5. "The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat", MSc thesis, Imperial College, January 1995.
  6. "About Us". Freightos.
  7. Abel, Shira (9 June 2013). "Freightos: Bringing Sexy Back to the Freight Industry". The Next Web.
  8. Lightech's website
  9. Lightech's team as of 2010
  10. VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
  11. "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
  12. G.ho.st at Demo 2008 conference

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