Avishai Abrahami
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Avishai Abrahami | |
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| Born | May 3, 1971 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupations | CEO of Wix.com, entrepreneur, software developer, business person, investor |
| Years active | 2006 - Present |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Wix.com |
| Board member of | Wix.com, monday.com, Open Web, Unlimited Robotics, |
| Children | 2 (daughters) |
Avishai Abrahami (Hebrew: אבישי אברהמי born May 3, 1971) is an entrepreneur, software developer, business person and investor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Wix.com, a SAAS website building platform.[1][2]
Abrahami was born and raised in Israel.[3] Abrahami carried out his mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces’ in the Unit 8200 cybersecurity unit.[4][5][6] Abrahami left Unit 8200 in 1992 and went to college. He dropped out after three months.[7]
In 2006, Abrahami co-founded Wix.com with his brother, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan.[8][9] When the company was founded, Abrahami became the CEO.[10] When the company became publicly traded, Abrahami became board chair in addition to his existing role as the CEO.[11] In 2016, Abrahami became honorary chairman and Mark Tluszcz became chairman of the board. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Abrahami presided over record growth of the company as many customers moved their businesses online.[12][13] The company reached $12 billion market capitalization in the summer of 2020.[14]