Five Israeli female entrepreneurs, tech leaders

Israeli women are filling the top seats at many of the country’s thousands of technology companies

By Einat Paz-Frankel, NoCamels

Meet five female entrepreneurs whose vision and leadership are the driving force behind some of the most innovative technologies developed in Israel.

Israel is known as the Startup Nation, and Israeli women are filling the top seats at many of the country’s thousands of technology companies.

And that is reflected in other industries as well: Amazingly, three of the CEOs of Israel’s five largest banks are women (Lilach Asher-Topilsky at Israel Discount Bank, Rakefet Russak-Aminoach at Bank Leumi and Smadar Barber-Tsadik at First International Bank).

However, workforce figures still reflect a bias towards men: According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, only 35.5 percent of high-tech workers in the country are women.

Still, Silicon Wadi is closer to equality than Silicon Valley, where only 20 percent of the developers and 11 percent of the executives are women. And, according to a study conducted by the International Institute for Management Development, Israel ranks 21st out of 59 nations with advanced economies that promote gender equality in the workplace. It can do better, but it’s a start.

To celebrate the inspiring women who lead the startup sector in Israel, NoCamels highlights five female entrepreneurs whose vision and leadership are the driving force behind some of the most innovative technologies developed in the Startup Nation.

Dr. Kira Radinsky: Predicting the future

She’s been splashed across the pages of newspapers worldwide as the Israeli prodigy who can predict the future. Wunderkind Dr. Kira Radinsky started university at age 15, earned her Ph.D. at 26 and founded two startups, one of which – SalesPredict – was recently sold to giant eBay for $40 million.

Dr. Kira Radinsky

Now 30, Radinsky is eBay Israel’s chief scientist. Also a researcher at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Radinsky has successfully predicted the future, including epidemic outbreaks and social upheavals… Read more at: Five Israeli Female Tech Leaders | People  

…Also featured are:     Maxine Fassberg: Leading 10,000 tech employees 

                                    Dr. Orna Berry: The first female chief scientist 

                           Dr. Michal Tsur: Leading Kaltura towards a “unicorn” valuation 

                                Nava Swersky Sofer: Commecilazing technology to better lives