Gigi Levy-Weiss | |
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Born |
Gigi Levy Israel |
Residence | Ramat HaSharon, Israel |
Education | Tel Aviv University |
Alma mater | Kellogg School of Management |
Occupation | Business executive, Investor |
Years active | 1996-present |
Organization | NFX Guild |
Known for | Former CEO of 888 Holdings Founding partner at NFX Guild |
Spouse(s) | Daphi Levy-Weiss |
Children | 3 |
Website |
Gigi Levy at About.me Gigi Levy LinkedIn |
Gigi Levy-Weiss (born Gigi Levy, Israel) is a business executive and angel investor who works primarily with internet, software and gaming companies. He is currently involved with various startup companies including SimilarWeb, Plarium, myThings, Hola, MyHeritage, and Kenshoo. He is the former CEO for online gambling company 888 Holdings, and is on the board of the Israeli-Palestinian nonprofit organization MEET, being formerly involved with Latet. In 2014 he co-founded the investment firm and business accelerator NFX Guild. He joined the supervisory board at Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in Germany in May 2015.
Gigi Levy (later named Gigi Levy-Weiss) was born and raised in Israel. He speaks English, Spanish, French, and Hebrew.
Before attending college Levy-Weiss was a pilot in the Israeli Air Force. In October 2002 he started attending the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he earned his MBA in May 2004.
Early in his career Levy-Weiss worked with his own startup company, also holding a number of management and consulting positions with technology companies in Israel and the UK. Among those roles he was CEO of Giltek Telecommunication, a publicly traded telecom systems integrator.
From 2003 to 2005 he was Vice President of Western Europe for Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ: DOX), an international telecommunications software company. The following year he became Division President for the company for Western Europe, and Central and Latin America.