Talmon Marco
| Talmon Marco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 |
| Residence | London, U.K.[1] |
| Occupation | Entrepreneurship, start-ups |
Talmon Marco is an Israeli-American entrepreneur and businessman, best known as the CEO and founder of Viber[2] - a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging VoIP application for smartphones with over 400 million users.
Biography
Born in Israel, Marco served as CIO for the Israeli Defense Forces Central Command.[3] 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.[4] He created and spread free applications that could potentially monitor users' communications and their activities, such as iMesh[5] and Bandoo.[6] 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 Megzinik, a friend from the Israel Defense Forces,[7] and today he serves as its CEO.[3][8]
External links
- An interview with Marco
- Viber founder: 'People should be concerned about privacy' on The Guardian
- StartTWS Panel: How to build a consumer startup in Israel? on YouTube
- Viber 4.1 launched in the Philippines Talmon Marco launches Viber 4.1 in Manila
References
- ↑ "Talmon Marco - @duras". Twitter. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ "Talmon Marco". crunchbas. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Executive Profile - Talmon Marco". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ Robin Wauters. "200,000,000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco". The Next Web. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ iMesh
- ↑ Viber is a spy ?
- ↑ The Skype Killers of Belarus By Brett Forrest August 23, 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek, Technology
- ↑ "Profile of Talmon Marco". Retrieved 27 October 2013.