Yoni Assia
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| Born | Yoni Assia March 1, 1981 Savyon, Israel |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Israel |
| 🏫 Education | Open University of Israel, BSc Computer Science Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, MSc Computer Science |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | CEO, founder eToro |
| ❤️ Partner(s) | Mor Assia |
| 👶 Children | 4 |
| 👪 Relatives | David Assia (father) Naomi Assia (mother) Ronen Assia (brother) |
Yoni Assia (Hebrew: יוני אסיא; born 1 March 1981; Savyon, Israel) is a Hi-tech entrepreneur, CEO and founder of eToro, international social network for financial investments, with more than 11 million users from over 140 states around the world.[1][non-primary source needed][2][non-primary source needed] He is one of the founders of the Israeli Bitcoin Association, and the Israeli Blockchain Industry. He also serves as a member of the board of directors for Meitav Dash,[3][4][5] and the Colu startup.[6][7]
Life[edit]
Yoni Assia is the son of David Assia, a Chair and CEO of Magic Software Enterprises in the past, and Naomi Assia, owner of a legal firm specialising in copyright law.[8][non-primary source needed] During his military service as a programmer in the technology unit of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate,[citation needed] Yoni started to learn investment management in the Meitav College, of the Meitav Investment House. During his studies, Yoni initiated the start-up company CDRide, which provides solutions for photographing and editing videos for theme park attractions. During his work as CEO of this company, Assia studied for his BSc in computer sciences in the Open University of Israel between 2000-2002.[9][better source needed] Between 2004-2006 he studied for his MSc in computer science in the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.[10][deprecated source] Assia is a 2-time Cum Laude as he graduated with honors both at the Open University of Israel and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC).[11]
In 2007, at the age of 25, Assia founded eToro, a social network for financial investment in 140 states around the world, with about 11 million registered users together with his brother Ronen.[12] [13] In eToro commerce arenas, digital currencies are traded, side by side with stocks, bonds, commodities and foreign currencies.[14] The network includes artificial intelligence tools, rating the investment portfolios and recommending the ones that provide the highest yields.[15] So far, the company raised 162 million dollars in five investment rounds.[16][17][18]
In 2013 Assia, co-wrote the Colored Coins white paper with Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, Colored Coins allows the creation of multiple assets on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.[19][non-primary source needed][20][better source needed] in 2020 Assia participated in a lunch with Warren Buffett, together with Justin Sun, tech entrepreneur, who invited him to join.[21][better source needed] Through the company, Assia works to decrease gaps relating to inequality and poverty around the world, through the GoodDollar initiative.[22][dubious ]
Personal Life[edit]
Yoni is married to Mor Assia, Founder and Co-CEO of iAngels, a venture capital investment platform,[23] father of Adam, Anne, Ari, and Alex who live in Savion. His brother, Ronen Assia, is an entrepreneur and active director in eToro.[24]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Facebook announces launch of Libra cryptocurrency to take on bitcoin". Express.co.uk. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-11-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sogar Aktienhandel zum Nulltarif". www.platow.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ People: Meitav Dash Investments Ltd (MTDS.TA), Reuters
- ↑ Our People, Meitav Dash Investments Website (Hebrew)
- ↑ MEITAV DASH INVESTMENTS LTD - Company Disclosures - Maya, MAYA system - Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Website
- ↑ Leon Pick, Colored Coins Startup Colu Adds eToro CEO Yoni Assia to Board of Directors, Finance Magnates, 17 February 2015
- ↑ Roy Katsiri, The brothers who survived the crash: "The crypto market crash was a good lesson for many players", Globes, Jan 2020 (Hebrew)
- ↑ https://www.computer-law.co.il/software_license/ Naomi Assia & Co. Law Offices Website
- ↑ The Fast Track to Success, Open Letter, Open University, January 2007
- ↑ Yoni Assia, Crunchbase Website
- ↑ "eToro CEO Yoni Assia". wikitoro.org. Wikitoro. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ↑ Levy, Dotan (2019-10-28). "Social Trading Company eToro Expands Offices". CTECH. Retrieved 2019-11-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Roy Katsiri, eToro launches cryptocurrency trading platform in US, Globes, 7 Mar, 2019
- ↑ Greenberg, Michael (12 July 2010). "eToro launches its own Forex Social Community – OpenBook". Finance Magnates. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Yoni Assia, Exclusive interview: Crypto-freedom ‘is a matter of civil rights’ eToro CEO says (part 2), Finance Magnates, 26 March 2018
- ↑ Matthew Field, Israeli startup eToro mulls future London float as it rides cryptocurrency boom, The Telegraph, 31 March 2018
- ↑ Keane, Jonathan (2018-03-22). "Israeli social trading platform eToro raises $100 million". Tech.eu. Retrieved 2019-11-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Orbach, Meir (2019-03-25). "Social Trading Company eToro Acquiring Danish Blockchain Company Firmo". CTECH. Retrieved 2019-11-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Colored Coins white paper - Digital Assets". Google Docs. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ↑ Castor, Amy. "Social Cryptocurrency Trading and Brokerage Firm eToro Is Expanding to U.S." bitcoinmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ↑ Theron Mohamed, Warren Buffett finally had his $4.6 million meal with crypto boss Justin Sun, Business Insider, 6 Feb, 2020
- ↑ Justina Lee and Eri Sugiura, Blockchain helps businesses to profit from social progress, Nikkei Asian Review, 19 February 2019
- ↑ iAngels Team - Mor Assia, iAngels Website
- ↑ Rust, Donnie (7 November 2013). "eToro. Seriously? Is It That Easy?". Littlegate Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2016. Unknown parameter
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Further reading[edit]
- Dr Matthew Partridge, Yoni Assia: To succeed, you need to dare to fail, Money Week, 24 May 2014
- Arjun Kharpal, Start-ups take on hedge funds with ‘social trading’, CNBC, 7 April 2016
- Social Trading – eToro CEO Yoni Assia talks business and future strategies, Inside Wirtschaft, 20 September 2019
- Efma feature, At work with Yoni Assia, EFMA, 21 October 2019
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