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Gil Shwed was born on 1968 in Jerusalem, Israel, is a Co-Founder and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies. Discover Gil Shwed's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Gil Shwed Height, Weight & Measurements
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Gil Shwed Net Worth
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Timeline
Shwed is the chief executive officer and director of Check Point. He previously served as president of Check Point and chairman of the board. As of 2018, Shwed is the leading shareholder in Checkpoint, owning 19.1% of the company, with an estimated worth of US$3.4 billion. The second largest shareholder in Check Point is US investment company Massachusetts Financial Services Company with a 7.7% stake worth $1.3 billion at present.
In 2018, Shwed was the recipient of the first-ever Israel Prize in technology.
Shwed and Check Point emphasize the "fifth generation" of cybersecurity, addressing the underlying issues behind such vulnerabilities as the WannaCry and NotPetya security breaches in 2017. He has stated that enterprise businesses are "two generations behind" in their security thinking, and describes the industry as being at an "inflection point."
Globes honored Shwed as their "Person of the Year" in 2014. In September 2017, Shwed was ranked 12th in TheMarker Magazine list.
He received an honorary Doctor of Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, which he received in June 2005.
In 2010, Shwed was recognized as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Israel.
In 2002, Shwed appeared on the front cover of Forbes’ Billionaires issue.
That year, Shwed invented and patented stateful inspection, which served as the basis for the first version of the company's renowned FireWall-1, released in 1994. Stateful Inspection is still widely used in network firewalls today.
In 1993, Shwed founded Check Point together with Shlomo Kramer, Shwed's friend from the military unit, and Marius Nacht with whom he worked at Optrotech.
Gil Shwed (Hebrew: גיל שויד; born 1968) 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.
Shwed was born in Jerusalem in 1968. He started programming at the age of 13, and two years later began studying computer sciences at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, while he was still in high-school.
