Uri Levine

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Uri Levine
אורי לוין
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationEntrepreneur
Websitehttp://urilevine.com/

Uri Levine (Hebrew: אורי לוין; born February 1965) is an Israeli entrepreneur.[1] He co-founded Waze, a traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google in June 2013 for more than $1.1 billion.[2][3][4][5]

Business career[]

Levine worked at Comverse (1989–2000), Joined (2000–2002), and led the marketing and product at Openwave in 2002–2004. Between the years 2004–2007 he helped several startups as a consultant, including Mobixell and Perfecto. In 2007 he co-founded Waze with and . He served as CEO (2008–2009) and later as President of the company. Levine left Waze in 2013, after it was sold to Google, to build new startups. He founded several startups: , Engie, , , , [2][1] and is also a board member at Moovit and HERE.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Uri Levine's Linkedin profile".
  2. ^ a b "Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Google finalizing $1.3 billion deal for mapping company Waze: source". Forbes. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business". Techrunch. 13 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Google Confirms Waze Maps App Purchase". The Wall Street Journal. 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ Privat, Ludovic. "Press release: Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Joins HERE Supervisory Board". GPS BUSINESS NEWS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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