Alon Nisim Cohen

Alon N. Cohen (Hebrew: אלון נ. כהן; born 31 May 1968 in Jerusalem, Israel) is an Israeli inventor, entrepreneur, and novelist. He is the founder and the first CEO, of CyberArk Software Ltd , a cyber security company. He served as the company's CEO for 14 years (1999-2012) and as chairman for 6 years (1999-2004).[1]

Alon N. Cohen
אלון נ. כהן
Alon N. Cohen speaking at a press conference, Tokyo October 2011
Born1968 (age 54–55)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli, American
Occupation(s)Founder, former Chairman and CEO of CyberArk Software Ltd.

Biography

Cohen was born in Jerusalem, Israel. During his military service he was part of the Israel Defense Forces' central computing system unit, Mamram, where he served in various positions for six years. In 1999, a few years after his military service ended, Cohen founded CyberArk together with his high-school friend Udi Mokady. That year, Cohen invented and patented the Network Vault (US Patent 6,356,941) Archived 2018-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, which serves as the basis for all of CyberArk’s products in the fields of cyber security, data security and digital warfare. Cohen was CyberArk’s chief executive officer and later its chairman of the board of directors for 14 years.

In 2004 Cohen took control over FilesX Inc., a data storage company, and served as chairman of the board and acting CEO. The company was acquired by IBM in April 2008.[2]

In December 2011, Goldman Sachs and Jerusalem Venture Partners acquired a stake of CyberArk from Cohen and some other investors and took the company public in the Nasdaq stock market.[3]

Cohen founded a startup company Muvix Media Networks Ltd. around 2017.[4]

References
  1. "Globes and Dun & Bradstreet Israel Group 100 rankings of leading companies in the Israeli economy – Software companies". Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  2. "IBM To Acquire Israeli Storage Firm FilesX". InformationWeek. April 10, 2008.
  3. "Cyber-Ark Jumps 87% On Nasdaq Debut". Lockerdome Globe. September 24, 2014.
  4. "Muvix Reinvents the Cinema Experience". Jewish Journal. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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