Talmon Marco
Talmon Marco | |
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_(2).jpg) Marco at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York in 2016 | |
| Born | 1973 (age 52–53) |
| Education | Tel-Aviv University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-Founder of Viber and Juno |
Talmon Marco is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, best known as the founder of H2Pro, founder and former CEO of Viber, a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging VoIP application for smartphones, and Juno, a ride sharing service.
Career
[edit]Born in Israel, Marco served as CIO for the Israel Defense Forces Pikud Merkaz.[1] He completed a degree in computer science and management from Tel-Aviv University, later moving to the U.S. where he spent most of his adult life.[2]
In 1997 he co-founded Expand Networks and served as the company's president until 2004.
In 1998, Marco co-founded iMesh, where he was president until 2010.
In 2010 he co-founded Viber with Igor Magazinnik, a friend from the Israel Defense Forces,[3] and served as its CEO.[1][4] In 2014, Rakuten acquired the company for $900 million.[5]
In 2016, he founded Juno, a ride-sharing app.[6] In 2017, Gett acquired the company for $200 million.
In 2019, he co-founded H2Pro, a climate-tech company looking to produce Green Hydrogen at scale. The company raised over $100 million from BEV (Bill Gates’ climate fund) and others.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Executive Profile - Talmon Marco". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 27 October 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ Robin Wauters (7 May 2013). "200,000,000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco". The Next Web. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ The Skype Killers of Belarus By Brett Forrest August 23, 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek, Technology
- ↑ "Profile of Talmon Marco". Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ Shu, Catherine. "Japanese Internet Giant Rakuten Acquires Viber For $900M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ↑ "Why ride-sharing startup Juno chose to launch in New York". Upstart Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-22.