Gil Shwed

Gil Shwed is an Israeli software engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, one of Israel’s largest technology companies and the world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity company.

  • Gil Shwed, considered the inventor of the modern computer firewall, founded Check Point Software in 1993 with Shlomo Kramer and Marius Nacht.
  • The company went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 1996.
  • Shwed owns about 15% and is the company’s CEO; Nacht sits on the board.
  • Checkpoint, which develops cybersecurity software, counts many of the largest U.S. companies as its clients.
  • In late 2016 Check Point found a breach in some 1 million Google accounts and worked with Google to fight the cyber attack.

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