Uri Levine

Uri Levine
אורי לוין

Uri Levine (Hebrew: אורי לוין; born February 1965) is an Israeli entrepreneur and author.^[1][2][3] He co-founded Waze, a traffic and navigation app that was acquired by Google in June 2013 for more than $1.1 billion.^[4][5][6][7] He was the first board member and investor in Moovit, which was acquired by Intel for about US$1 billion in May 2020.^[8][9][3] Levine is the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs',^[2][1] published on January 17, 2023.^{[needs update]}

Career

After completing his military service in the Israeli Defence Force's cyber intelligence unit 8200,^[10][11] Levine worked at Comverse (1989–2000), joined Celltrex (2000–2002), and led the marketing and product at Openwave in 2002–2004. Between 2004 and 2007, he helped several startups as a consultant, including Mobixell and Perfecto. In 2007, he co-founded Waze with Ehud Shabtai and Amir Shinar. He was CEO (2008–2009) and later president of the company. After Waze was sold to Google in 2013, Levine left Waze to found and invest in several startups, among them Pontera (previously FeeX), FairFly, Refundit, Seetree, and Fibo.^[3][4] He was a board member at Moovit and HERE,^[12] and was an independent board member at Infosys.^[13]

References

1. "Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution". BenBella Books. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
2. "Fall in Love with the Problem NOT the Solution – Uri Levine's book". Uri Levine. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
3. "Uri Levine's Linkedin profile".
4. "Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
5. "Google finalizing $1.3 billion deal for mapping company Waze: source". Forbes. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
6. "Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business". Techrunch. 13 June 2013.
7. "Google Confirms Waze Maps App Purchase". The Wall Street Journal. 11 June 2013.
8. Lunden, Ingrid (3 May 2020). "Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
9. Shulman, Sophie (31 December 2020). ""Google's acquisition of Waze gave birth to 50 other Israeli unicorns"". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
10. Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns - Financial Times, 1 December 2015
11. An Interview with Uri Levine - Thought Economics, 19 October 2023
12. Privat, Ludovic. "Press release: Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Joins HERE Supervisory Board". GPS BUSINESS NEWS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
13. "Infosys Appoints Uri Levine as an Independent Director". www.infosys.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.