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Revision as of 13:31, 6 March 2020
Template:Infobox member of the Knesset
Yizhar Nitzan Shai (Template:Lang-he-n, born 16 July 1963) is an Israeli businessman and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Blue and White alliance.
Biography
Shai was born in kibbutz Ein HaShlosha to parents from Argentina. His family moved to Jerusalem in the mid-1960s, where he attended the Hebrew Gymnasium school. In 1981 he started his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, joining the Paratroopers Brigade and serving in the 1982 Lebanon War. He left the army in 1985 with the rank of lieutenant. He later gained a electrical engineering certificate from the Technion and subsequently worked in the high-tech sector. He established the Business Layers firm in 1998, serving as CEO until it was sold to Netegrity in 2003. In 2006 he joined Canaan Partners as a partner, working there until 2014 when he established Canaan Partners Israel.
Prior to the April 2019 elections he joined the Israel Resilience Party. After the party joined the Blue and White alliance, he was given the twentieth slot on the joint list;[1] he was subsequently elected to the Knesset when the alliance won 35 seats.
Shai is married with four children and lives in Tzoran-Kadima.
References
External links
- Yizhar Shai on the Knesset website
- 1963 births
- Kibbutzniks
- People from Southern District (Israel)
- People from Jerusalem
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni
- Israeli businesspeople
- Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
- Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020)
- Israel Resilience Party politicians
- Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
- Living people
- Israeli people of Argentine-Jewish descent
- Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–)