Alon Nisim Cohen

Alon N. Cohen (Hebrew: אלון נ. כהן; born 31 May 1968 in Jerusalem, Israel) is an Israeli inventor, entrepreneur, and novelist. He is the Founder, and served for 14 years (1999-2012) as Chairman and for 6 years (1999-2004) also as the first CEO, of CyberArk Software Ltd (Nasdaq: CYBR), a global cyber security company and one of Israel's leading software companies. [1]

Alon N. Cohen
אלון נ. כהן
Alon N. Cohen speaking at a press conference, Tokyo October 2011
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli, American
OccupationFounder, former Chairman and CEO of CyberArk Software Ltd.

Biography

Cohen was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1968. During his military service he was part of the Israel Defense Forces' central computing system unit, Mamram, where he served in various positions for six years. In 1999, a few years after his military service ended, Cohen founded CyberArk together with his high-school friend Udi Mokady. That year, Cohen invented and patented the Network Vault (US Patent 6,356,941), which serves as the basis for all of CyberArk’s products in the fields of cyber security, data security and digital warfare. Cohen was CyberArk’s Chief Executive Officer and later-on its Chairman of the Board of Directors for 14 years.

In 2004 Cohen took control over FilesX Inc., a data storage company, and served as Chairman of the Board and Acting CEO. The company was acquired by IBM (NYSE:IBM) in April 2008.[2]

In December 2011, Goldman Sachs and Jerusalem Venture Partners acquired a big stake of CyberArk from Cohen and some other investors and took the company public in the Nasdaq stock market.[3]

Cohen founded and is currently running a new startup company, Muvix Media Networks Ltd.

References
  1. "Globes and Dun & Bradstreet Israel Group 100 rankings of leading companies in the Israeli economy – Software companies". Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  2. "IBM To Acquire Israeli Storage Firm FilesX". InformationWeek. April 10, 2008.
  3. "Cyber-Ark Jumps 87% On Nasdaq Debut". Lockerdome Globe. September 24, 2014.
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