Nahum Sharfman

Nahum Sharfman with his Cirrus SR22

Nahum Sharfman was an Israeli tech entrepreneur who, along with Amir Ashkenazi, founded Shopping.com. Shopping.com was later acquired by eBay for $650 million. He was also the Chairman of social content sharing site eSnips Ltd.[1]

Prior to shopping.com, Sharfman co-founded the IT security company Commtouch for which he served as the Chairman of the Board from its inception in February 1991 to November 1997.[2] Commtouch IPO'ed in 2000.[3]

Prior to starting his own ventures, Sharfman spent 11 years working for National Semiconductor. He received a Ph.D. in High Energy Nuclear Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Physics from the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology.

Sharfman and his wife, Nava, died in a plane crash on the Mount Ainos in the Ioanian island of Cephallonia, Greece while en route to Corfu on April 29, 2009.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=161881&privcapId=26789872
  2. ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084577/000129697905000085/c10245_ex99-1.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/spos/filing.ashx?filingid=1138663
  4. ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/breaking-nahum-sharfman-founder-of-shoppingcom-perishes-in-plane-crash
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