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Biography
Dr. Zvi Schreiber, (/ˈtsviː ˈʃraɪbər/ TSVEE SHRY-bər; 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. 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".
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)
- VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
- "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
- "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
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.