Gil Shwed

Gil Shwed
גיל שויד‎
Speaking at the 2021 World Economic Forum
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Jerusalem, Israel
Occupation(s)Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board, Check Point Software Technologies

Gil Shwed (Hebrew: גיל שויד; born 1968) is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Check Point, one of Israel's largest technology companies and the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity company. Shwed was CEO from 1994 until 2024, the longest tenure for a Nasdaq-listed company.

He is considered the inventor of the modern computer firewall.

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