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'''Uri Levine''' ({{lang-he|אורי לוין}}; born February 1965) is an Israeli [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and [[author]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution |url=https://benbellabooks.com/shop/fall-in-love-with-the-problem-not-the-solution/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=BenBella Books |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Fall in Love with the Problem NOT the Solution - Uri Levine's book |url=https://urilevine.com/book/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Uri Levine |language=en-US}}</ref>.<ref name=linked>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/uri-levine-85389/|title=Uri Levine's Linkedin profile}}</ref> He co-founded [[Waze]], a traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google in June 2013 for more than $1.1&nbsp;billion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/49857280-8eaf-11e5-8be4-3506bf20cc2b|title=Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns|work=Financial Times|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/06/11/waze-goes-with-google-to-build-best-map-of-the-world/#7d0da9ae5f58|title=Google finalizing $1.3&nbsp;billion deal for mapping company Waze: source|work=Forbes|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/its-official-google-buys-waze-giving-a-social-data-boost-to-its-location-and-mapping-business/|title=Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business|date=13 June 2013|work=Techrunch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323949904578539370980686106|title=Google Confirms Waze Maps App Purchase|date=11 June 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> He was the first board member and investor in [[Moovit]], which was acquired by [[Intel]] for about $1 Billion in May 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2020-05-03 |title=Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/03/intel-to-buy-smart-urban-transit-startup-moovit-for-1b-to-boost-its-autonomous-car-division/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shulman |first=Sophie |date=2020-12-31 |title="Google's acquisition of Waze gave birth to 50 other Israeli unicorns" |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3884893,00.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=CTECH - www.calcalistech.com}}</ref><ref name="linked" /> Levine is also the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs'<ref name=":1" />'<ref name=":0" />, to be published on January 17, [[2023]]
'''Uri Levine''' ({{lang-he|אורי לוין}}; born February 1965) is an Israeli [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and [[author]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution |url=https://benbellabooks.com/shop/fall-in-love-with-the-problem-not-the-solution/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=BenBella Books |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Fall in Love with the Problem NOT the Solution - Uri Levine's book |url=https://urilevine.com/book/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Uri Levine |language=en-US}}</ref>.<ref name=linked>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/uri-levine-85389/|title=Uri Levine's Linkedin profile}}</ref> He co-founded [[Waze]], a traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google in June 2013 for more than $1.1&nbsp;billion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/49857280-8eaf-11e5-8be4-3506bf20cc2b|title=Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns|work=Financial Times|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/06/11/waze-goes-with-google-to-build-best-map-of-the-world/#7d0da9ae5f58|title=Google finalizing $1.3&nbsp;billion deal for mapping company Waze: source|work=Forbes|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/its-official-google-buys-waze-giving-a-social-data-boost-to-its-location-and-mapping-business/|title=Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business|date=13 June 2013|work=Techrunch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323949904578539370980686106|title=Google Confirms Waze Maps App Purchase|date=11 June 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> He was the first board member and investor in [[Moovit]], which was acquired by [[Intel]] for about $1 Billion in May 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2020-05-03 |title=Intel to buy smart urban transit startup Moovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/03/intel-to-buy-smart-urban-transit-startup-moovit-for-1b-to-boost-its-autonomous-car-division/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shulman |first=Sophie |date=2020-12-31 |title="Google's acquisition of Waze gave birth to 50 other Israeli unicorns" |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3884893,00.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=CTECH - www.calcalistech.com}}</ref><ref name="linked" /> Levine is also the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs'<ref name=":1" />'<ref name=":0" />, to be published on January 17, [[2023]]

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==Business career==
==Business career==
Levine worked at [[Comverse]] (1989–2000), Joined [[Axis mobile|Celltrex]] (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 [[Ehud Shabtai]] and [[Amir Shinar]]. 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. Since then, he has founded and invested in several startups, among them [https://www.pontera.com Pontera (previously FeeX)], [http://fairfly.com FairFly], [http://refundit.tax Refundit], [https://www.seetree.ai/ Seetree], and Fibo<ref name="linked" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=linked/>. He was a board member at [[Moovit]] and [[Here (company)|HERE]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Privat |first=Ludovic |title=Press release: Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Joins HERE Supervisory Board |work=GPS BUSINESS NEWS |url=https://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Waze-Co-Founder-Uri-Levine-Joins-HERE-Supervisory-Board_a5922.html |access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref>, and also serves an independant board member at [[Infosys]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Infosys Appoints Uri Levine as an Independent Director |url=https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/2020/independent-director-appointment-20april2020.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.infosys.com}}</ref>.
Levine worked at [[Comverse]] (1989–2000), Joined [[Axis mobile|Celltrex]] (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 [[Ehud Shabtai]] and [[Amir Shinar]]. 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. Since then, he has founded and invested in several startups, among them [https://www.pontera.com Pontera (previously FeeX)], [http://fairfly.com FairFly], [http://refundit.tax Refundit], [https://www.seetree.ai/ Seetree], and Fibo<ref name="linked" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="linked" />. He was a board member at [[Moovit]] and [[Here (company)|HERE]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Privat |first=Ludovic |title=Press release: Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Joins HERE Supervisory Board |work=GPS BUSINESS NEWS |url=https://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Waze-Co-Founder-Uri-Levine-Joins-HERE-Supervisory-Board_a5922.html |access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref>, and also serves an independant board member at [[Infosys]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Infosys Appoints Uri Levine as an Independent Director |url=https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/2020/independent-director-appointment-20april2020.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.infosys.com}}</ref>.


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

Uri Levine (Template:Lang-he; born February 1965) is an Israeli entrepreneur and author[1][2].[3] He co-founded Waze, a traffic and navigation app, 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 $1 Billion in May 2020[8][9][3] Levine is also the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs'[2]'[1], to be published on January 17, 2023

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Business career

Levine worked at Comverse (1989–2000), Joined Celltrex (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 Ehud Shabtai and Amir Shinar. 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. Since then, he has founded and invested in several startups, among them Pontera (previously FeeX), FairFly, Refundit, Seetree, and Fibo[3][4][3]. He was a board member at Moovit and HERE.[10], and also serves an independant board member at Infosys [11].

References

  1. ^ a b "Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution". BenBella Books. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Fall in Love with the Problem NOT the Solution - Uri Levine's book". Uri Levine. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Uri Levine's Linkedin profile".
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ Privat, Ludovic. "Press release: Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Joins HERE Supervisory Board". GPS BUSINESS NEWS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Infosys Appoints Uri Levine as an Independent Director". www.infosys.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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