Zvi Schreiber
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צבי שרייבר | |
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| Born | 9 June 1969 |
| Spouse | Rina Frei Schreiber |
Zvi Schreiber (/ˈtsviː/, Hebrew: צבי שרייבר; born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli businessman, executive, and author. He founded high-tech startups like Freightos, and G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Palestinian–Israeli team.[1][2][3] In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting.[4]
Biography
Zvi Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London.[5] He is the brother of Daniel Schreiber, CEO and co-founder of Lemonade. Schreiber also studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion.
Freightos
Schreiber is Founder and former CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos (Nasdaq:CRGO),[6] a digital booking platform for international air and ocean freight[7] that he describes as the "equivalent of Booking.com for the shipment of goods rather than people".[8] Under Schreiber's leadership Freightos also acquired WebCargo[9] which is a booking platform for freight forwarders, airlines and ocean liners, and launched the daily Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) of containerized shipping prices.[10].
In December 2025, Schreiber and the Company announced his departure as CEO effective 31 January 2026; he subsequently resigned from the company's board of directors effective 28 February 2026.[11][12] On 29 June 2026, he filed a Schedule 13D reporting beneficial ownership of approximately 6.1% of Freightos' outstanding shares and stating that he believed the company should pursue changes to its strategy, management or board in order to enhance shareholder value.[13]
Earlier business career
In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd,[14] based in Israel, where he had served as a director since 1996. His father David Schreiber, an experienced businessman and investor, chaired the board.[15] Lightech was acquired by GE Lighting at the end of 2011, during Schreiber's tenure.[16]
Schreiber founded the following companies:
- IsraTec Limited
- Tradeum Inc, acquired by VerticalNet[17]
- Unicorn Inc, acquired by IBM[18]
- Ghost Inc[19] (which traded as G.ho.st and has now closed operations).
- Freightos Limited
Schreiber has been invited to speak at software industry events[20][21][22] and economic conferences.[23]
He is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.[24] He is the author of a paper presenting a Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) algorithm named k-root-n.[25]
Published works
- Money, Going out of style, a book which explains the fundamentals of money and explores modern issues of inequality and money printing without inflation.[26]
- Bad Hair Day, a small picture book with his own photography
- Fizz: Nothing is as it seems, which tells the story of the history of physics through a novel about a troubled young girl who time travels to meet Galileo, Newton, Einstein, and others, in the genre of Sophie's World.
References
- ↑ One team, two offices: Israel and Palestine Fortune Small Business, 10 March 2009.
- ↑ "Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide", BusinessWeek, 27 December 2007
- ↑ "Co-operation in the ether", The Economist, 23 July 2009
- ↑ "Lightech Announces Zvi Schreiber as CEO", Edison Report, 1 February 2011
- ↑ "The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat", MSc thesis, Imperial College, January 1995.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Rebecca (18 December 2025). "Freightos founder Schreiber to step down as chief executive - Air Cargo News". Air Cargo News - Airfreight updates, insights and news. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ↑ "About Us". Freightos.
- ↑ Abel, Shira (9 June 2013). "Freightos: Bringing Sexy Back to the Freight Industry". The Next Web.
- ↑ "Freightos Buys Air-Cargo Rival to Boost Online Marketplace". Wall Street Journal. 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Container freight rates soar on consumer goods boom, supply chain kinks". Reuters. 18 November 2020.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Rebecca (18 December 2025). "Freightos founder Schreiber to step down as chief executive". Air Cargo News. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Former Freightos CEO Schreiber steps down from board". Air Cargo News. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Schedule 13D". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 29 June 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ Lightech's website
- ↑ Lightech's team as of 2010
- ↑ "GE Lighting buys LED co Lightech for $20m - Globes". 20 July 2011.
- ↑ VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
- ↑ "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
- ↑ "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
- ↑ "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
- ↑ G.ho.st Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Demo 2008 conference
- ↑ "Innovate Events - A Moments of Technology". Innovate Events.
- ↑ "Milken Institute Global Conference 2009".
- ↑ US Patent Office search
- ↑ Schreiber, Zvi (February 2020). "k-root-n: An Efficient Algorithm for Avoiding Short Term Double-Spending Alongside Distributed Ledger Technologies such as Blockchain". Information. 11 (2): 90. doi:10.3390/info11020090.
- ↑ "MONEY GOING OUT OF STYLE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
External links
- Books by Zvi Schreiber at Amazon.com
- Fizz official web site Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Freightos' web site