Here is the short version. For the long one scroll down.
All the truth, and nothing but (well, mostly).
- Born and raised in Israel.
- Currently living in Hungary.
- Computer whiz-kid at age 13. Landed first full-time job as a programmer at 15.
- Served in the Israeli army for 3 years.
- Founder and owner of 3 courier services, a publishing house and retailer of children's books, online magic portal.
- Consultant and coach to "The Next Uri Geller" TV series.
- Proud member of the P.E.A.
- Interested mainly in: internet & web, mentalism & magic, food & wine, photography and many more areas.
- Currently working on a mentalism TV show (to be aired shortly).
Now for the longer version.
I was born in Israel. Ploughed my way through the school system until age 15. Landed my first job as a computer programmer half a year later. While my friends continued to plough, I created software for schools and teachers. Can you imagine the look on my ex-teachers face when I went to teach them how to use the new software I wrote?
At the same time I was performing as a magician with a good friend, and doing some DJ gigs for fun. I have been involved in magic and mainly mentalism ever since.
I did this until I joined the army at around 19.
After 3 years in the army, in which I created CENSORED, managed to build CENSORED and achieved CENSURED (really, it was all hush hush), I started, age 21 consulting to all kind of institutes and leaders on computer related stuff (i.e. I taught high ranking execs how to use their computers, and developed some new projects for the mac). It was all quite lucrative but boring. Easy life with lots of spare time and no money problems.
I got an opportunity to go to Hungary for 3 weeks and get paid for it. It was great, so I closed my big business and left Israel to live with my new girlfriend in Hungary.
Wow, its going to be too long, so I'll sped things up.
After about half a year of great stay (learned the language and the culture) I returned to Israel, only to return to Budapest after a month to start my new business (my first courier service - have 3 now).
After a few years I returned to Israel with my wife and built (with others) a startup. We built a mobile application platform, and went from 3 people to 60 within a year, including offices in the UK and US. Then we closed it down (long story).
I have been doing many things since, like my first web 2.0 project from a couple of years ago - it a Magic portal, expanding my courier businesses (I have a 4th brand planned to launch next year), and founding with my wife and a few friends Hungary's only children's book "empire" - we publish children's books, have 2 children's bookstores and an online shop.
My last project was as the consultant and coach to "The Next Uri Geller" TV series.
My new last project is a mentalism TV show.