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Ofer Bengal
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Ofer Bengal
Native nameעופר בנגל
Born(1952-08-02)August 2, 1952
Tel-Aviv
🏳️ CitizenshipIsraeli
🎓 Alma materTechnion, Israel Institute of Technology
💼 Occupation
🌐 Websiteredislabs.com/team/ofer-bengal/

Ofer Bengal (Hebrew: עופר בנגל‎; born August 2, 1952) is an Israeli serial-entrepreneur and a multi-disciplinary inventor.[1]He is the co-founder and CEO of Redis Labs,[2] a data management platform company, based in Mountain View, California.[3][4]

Early life and education[edit]

Bengal was born in Tel-Aviv. and was raised in Tel-Aviv, Nazareth, Eilat, and Ramat Hasharon, before moving at the age of fourteen to Jerusalem, due to the nomination of his father to Serjeant-at-arms of the Knesset. [5]

Bengal completed his high-school studies at the Hebrew University Secondary School and his Bachelor of Science (cum laude) degree in aerospace engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.[5]

Career[edit]

Between 1974 and 1983 Bengal served as an officer in the engineering division of the Israeli Air Force.

In 1989 he founded RiT Technologies, a provider of data communications network management systems,[6] which he took public at NASDAQ in 1997 and managed as CEO until the year 2000.[7] RiT was one of the first technology startup companies in Israel and one of the first companies in the RAD Group.[8][9]

In 2011 he co-founded Redis Labs, the home of Redis, the world’s most popular in-memory database, and commercial provider of Redis Enterprise, and has served as the company’s CEO ever since.[10][11] In August 2020 the company reached a $1 billion valuation.[12][13]

In April 2021 Bengal announced an investment of 110 million US dollars into the company at a valuation of more than 2 billion dollars,[14] led by Tiger Global Management, with the participation of Softbank Vision Fund II and TCV.[15]

Patents[edit]

Database Management Systems[edit]

Mobile Internet[edit]

  • System and method for internet communications - WO 02/25397 A2[16]
  • System and method for wireless advertising - WO 01/37595 A1[17]

Data Communications[edit]

  • Electrical Connector - US 5,195,902[18]
  • Hermaphroditic Self-shorting Electrical Connector - US 5,052,940[19]
  • Electrical connector - EU 0 456 396 A2[20]
  • Connectivity Scanner - US 5,854,824[21]

Toys and Games[edit]

  • Toy construction apparatus - US 4,822,315[22]
  • Jigsaw puzzle in the form of labyrinth - IT8847841D0[23]
  • Variable path labyrinth puzzle - IT1219525B[24]
  • Labyrinth-puzzlespiel - DE3714380A1[25]

Awards and recognition[edit]

Personal life[edit]

In 1976 Bengal married Naomi Feldman and they had a daughter and a son. They later divorced. In 1999 he married Oshrat Kotler and they had a daughter.[29] They later divorced. Since 2014 he lives with Evelyne Douek, ex-wife of Ronny Douek.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Volk, Navot; Frenkel, Aviv. "Ofer Bengal: How to turn a toy factory into a high-tech giant". Castbox - podcast "30 minutes or less".
  2. Cohan, Peter (21 August 2018). "Redis Labs Growing 60%, Plans To Disrupt Oracle In $60B Database Market". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. "Redis Labs Turns Unicorn: CEO Ofer Bengal Talks Databases, Intel Optane, and Child's Toys". Tech Monitor. 26 August 2020.
  4. "Podcast - Redis Labs – Database for the Instant Experience with Ofer Bengal". Open Source Underdogs. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 רון, ליאת. "פורטפוליו / עופר בנגל". Globes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. Sarna, Igal (31 December 1999). "One Family - One Century, About the Belsky Family" (7 days). Yediot Aharonot. p. 40. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. Altman, Johanan (25 February 1998). "Organized Communication". People and Computers.co.il. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. אל התהום ובחזרה [To the abyss and back]. Globes (in Hebrew). 17 May 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2011. ריט נוסדה בסוף 1989 על ידי עופר בנגל והאחים יהודה וזהר זיסאפל.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  9. Steinblatt, Ron (27 December 2010). הקאמבק של ריט טכנולוגיות: זינוק של 500% תוך חודשיים [RiT Technologies' comeback: 500% jump in two months]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 4 October 2011. ריט טכנולוגיות הוקמה בשנת 1989 על-ידי עופר בנגל, ועד לפני שנתיים הייתה בשליטת האחים יהודה וזהר זיספאל, כשלאחר הנפקתה ב-1997 הפכה לחברה השלישית מקבוצת רד-בינת שהגיעה לוול-סטריט, אחרי לננט וסיליקום.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  10. "Accelerating Inovation through Open Source" (June-July 2021). Fortune.
  11. Feinleib, Dave (8 October 2012). "Big Data and NoSQL: Five Key Insights". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  12. Cai, Kenrick (25 August 2020). "Redis Labs, Maker Of Database Software, Hits $1 Billion Valuation With New Fundraise". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. Henderson, James. "A UNICORN BUILT FOR SPEED". Digital Bulletin. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. "Israeli co Redis Labs raises $310m at over $2b valuation". Globes. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  15. Whiting, Rick (7 April 2021). "Database Developer Redis Labs Snags $110M In Late-Stage Funding Round". CRN. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  16. "System and method for internet communications". patents.google.com. 4 September 2001.
  17. "System and method for wireless advertising". patents.google.com. 30 October 2000.
  18. "US-5195902-A - Electrical Connector". portal.unifiedpatents.com.
  19. "US-5052940-A - Hermaphroditic Self-shorting Electrical Connector". portal.unifiedpatents.com.
  20. "EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION -Electrical connector" (PDF).
  21. "US-5854824-A - Connectivity Scanner". portal.unifiedpatents.com.
  22. "Toy construction apparatus". USPTO.report.
  23. "Jigsaw puzzle in the form of labyrinth". patents.google.com. 13 April 1988.
  24. "Variable path labyrinth puzzle". patents.google.com. 13 April 1988.
  25. "Labyrinth-puzzlespiel". patents.google.com. 30 April 1987.
  26. "the Israeli Air Force Award, 1983". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  27. קורן, אורה (6 November 1997). "פרס הייצוא ל-96' לאפרת טכנולוגיות - ייצאה ביותר מ-123 מיליון דולר". Globes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  28. גרימלנד, גיא (19 January 2009). "המנכ"לים המצטיינים של ההיי-טק ל-2008: טובי בכר, יצחק ניסן, ישראל מזין, עופר בן גל ומנשה עזרא". TheMarker. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  29. גרנות, רון (7 June 2006). "חדשות טובות". Ynet. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

External links[edit]

he:עופר בנגל


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