Zvi Schreiber
Personal details
Born (1969-06-09) 9 June 1969
London, England
NationalityBritish-Israeli
SpouseRina Frei Schreiber
Residences

Zvi Schreiber (/ˈtsviː/ (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 Palestinian–Israeli team.[1][2][3] In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting.[4]

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. ↑ "Freightos Buys Air-Cargo Rival to Boost Online Marketplace". Wall Street Journal. 31 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Container freight rates soar on consumer goods boom, supply chain kinks". Reuters. 18 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Lightech's website
  11. ↑ Lightech's team as of 2010
  12. ↑ "GE Lighting buys LED co Lightech for $20m - Globes". 20 July 2011.
  13. ↑ VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
  14. ↑ "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
  15. ↑ "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
  16. ↑ "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
  17. ↑ G.ho.st at Demo 2008 conference
  18. ↑ Innovate Europe 2007
  19. ↑ Milken Institute Global Conference 2009
  20. ↑ US Patent Office search
  21. ↑ Schreiber, Zvi (February 2020). "k-root-n: An Efficient Algorithm for Avoiding Short Term Double-Spending Alongside Distributed Ledger Technologies such as Blockchain". Information. 11 (2): 90. doi:10.3390/info11020090.
  22. ↑ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zvi-schreiber/money-going-out-of-style/

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