Marius Nacht

Marius Nacht (Hebrew: מריוס נכט; ) 1962–) is an Israeli entrepreneur, social activist, and investor. In 1993, Nacht, together with Gil Shwed and Shlomo Kramer, co-founded cyber security company Check Point Software, famous for being one of the first to offer a commercial firewall product.[2][3] Since then, he has broadened his professional interests to making improvements in the fields of healthcare,[4][5][6] banking[7][8] and several other areas of high-tech and cyber security. He has been a director of Check Point since its inception in 1993.[9] He became vice chairman of Check Point in 2001.[9] He was appointed non-executive chairman of the board in September 2015.[10]

Marius Nacht
Born1962 (age 57–58)
Romania
NationalityIsrael
OccupationInvestor
Entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Check Point Software
Net worth$2,900,000,000 USD (June 2019)[1]
Spouse(s)Inbar Afek-Nacht
Children4

History

Marius Nacht was born in post-war Communist Romania. His family immigrated to the city of Ashkelon in Israel when he was three years old.[11]

As a participant in the Israeli Defense Force's prestigious Talpiot program "that trains young soldiers for security, research and development positions",[12] Nacht earned a BSc (cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1983, and an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987.

Following military service, Nacht took the position of software development manager at Optrotech (now Orbotech). In 1990 Gil Shwed also joined Optrotech, where he met Nacht.[13] Together with Shlomo Kramer, Nacht and Shwed founded the information security company Check Point in 1993.[13]

Personal life

Nacht and Anat Agmon have four children together. They divorced in 2011. Nacht is married to attorney Inbar Afek-Nacht and they reside in Tel Aviv.

Social activism

In 2012 Nacht founded the "Uru social movement[14] together with other leaders to strengthen civil society.[15]

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References
  1. "Haaretz's 2019 Rich List The Top 30 Richest People in 2019 Israel, and Where They Get Their Money". Haaretz. June 19, 2019.
  2. Leyden, John (April 23, 2013). "Firewall tech pioneer Gil Shwed: Former teen sysadmin on today's infosec biz". The Register.
  3. McKenna, Brian (July–August 2005). "Security architect — Marius Nacht: Check Point Software was a firewall pioneer in the early 1990s. Co-founder and senior vice president, Marius Nacht recently spoke to Brian McKenna about the company's origins, philosophy, and roadmap". Infosecurity Today. 2 (4): 40–41. doi:10.1016/S1742-6847(05)70306-2.
  4. "Meet our Team". aMoon.
  5. Cohen, Tova (November 15, 2016). "Israeli billionaire Nacht bets big money on another Teva in healthcare". Reuters.
  6. "Marius Nacht - Wealth-X Dossier". Wealth-X.
  7. Solomon, Shoshanna (21 May 2018). "Billionaire Nacht seeks to set up new digital bank in Israel". The Times of Israel.
  8. "Marius Nacht invests in Swiss fintech startup Numbrs". Globes (in Hebrew). May 2, 2018.
  9. "Check Point Names Marius Nacht Chairman of the Board". Check Point Software. September 1, 2015.
  10. "Marius Nacht". Forbes.
  11. Tova Cohen, Israeli billionaire Nacht bets big money on another Teva in healthcare, Reuters, November 15, 2016. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-israel-nacht/israeli-billionaire-nacht-bets-big-money-on-another-teva-in-healthcare-idUSKBN13A11R
  12. "מריוס נכט שלא תכירו". כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il. 10 March 2017.
  13. Cohan, Peter S. (2018). Startup Cities: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It. Apress. ISBN 978-1-4842-3393-1.
  14. "URU". Dalit Shalom.
  15. "About ANU - אנו - עושים שינוי בע"מ (חל"צ)". אנו - עושים שינוי בע"מ (חל"צ) (in Hebrew). 21 January 2017.
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