Eynat Guez
Eynat Guez (Hebrew: עינת גז) is an Israeli technology entrepreneur and executive. She is the CEO and co-founder of Papaya Global, a payroll and payments provider. [1]
Biography[edit]
Guez was born in France, the second of three children. She immigrated with her family to Israel when she was four years old. The family settled in Netanya. In her youth, she was a journalist for TV shows on Channel 2 and Israeli Educational Television and the newspaper Ma'ariv La'noar and was a competitive swimmer. [2] After concluding her mandatory army service as an F-16 Squadron adjutant, she served for seven years as a COO of LR Group, a Holding company that built infrastructures and established projects in Africa. In 2008, after seven years in LR Group, she quit her job. Early 2009, she founded Relocation Source, her first company, which supports corporate relocation and worldwide mobility needs and still exists today. [2] Four years later, she established a second company, Expert Source, which assisted companies expanding into East Asia. [3] In 2016, she founded Papaya Global, with Ofer Herman (CTO) and Ruben Drong (CPO). The company is valued at $3.7 billion. [4] [5] It is the first Israeli Unicorn led by a woman. [6]
She lives in Hefer Valley with her husband and three children. She holds a BA in Political science and Business administration from the Open University of Israel. [2]
Honors and awards[edit]
- 2018 – No. 4 among 20 Women in HR Technology by People Matters. [7]
- 2021 – No. 8 in The Jerusalem Post’s 50 most influential Jews. [8]
- 2021 – No. 82 in TheMarker's most influential people. [9]
- 2021 – No. 49 in Calcalist’s most influential people. [10]
- 2022 - No. 31 in Forbes Israel Power Women. [11]
- 2022 – Globes’ 50 influential women. [12]
- 2022 – Fintech's top 10 founder-CEOs, Fintech Magazine. [13]
- 2022 – No. 9 on Fortune's The 15 Most Powerful Women in Startups.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ This Israeli Tech Firm Is Making Sure Workers Worldwide Get Paid Despite Coronavirus, Haaretz, September 30, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 From zero to 1.2 billion dollars in five years: The unbelievable story of Eynat Guez. Haaretz, March 5, 2021.
- ↑ Good ideas arrives when we are sumbimssive, Globes, December 6, 2016.
- ↑ Papaya Global raises $250m at $3.7b valuation, Globes, September 11, 2021.
- ↑ team, company's site
- ↑ Eynat Guez's Papaya Global - the first Israeli unicorn led by a female entrepreneur, Calcalist, April 3, 2021.
- ↑ Women in HR Technology, People Matters, January 2, 2018.
- ↑ The Jerusalem Post’s 50 most influential Jews, The Jerusalem Post, September 6, 2021.
- ↑ TheMarker's 100 most influential people, TheMarker, August 29, 2021.
- ↑ Calcalist’s most influential people, Calcalist, 2021.
- ↑ Forbes' Power Women, Forbes, June 30, 2022.
- ↑ Globes' 50 influential women, Globes, March 24, 2022.
- ↑ From bootstraps to jetpacks: fintech's top 10 founder-CEOs, FinTech Magazine, October 3, 2022.
- ↑ The 15 Most Powerful Women in Startups, Fortune, October 6, 2022
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