Shahar Waiser (GetTaxi)

Name: Shahar Waiser (GetTaxi)
Start: 2015-01-12T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2015-01-12T21:30:00+02:00
Location: EY Building

EY Building - 6 Meitav St, Tel Aviv, 6789805 Tel Aviv
Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:00 PM (IST)

About this event

Shahar Waiser is a serial entrepreneur who founded and built companies in US and Internationally. In early 2000 Shahar served as CEO of publicly traded Comverse [NASDAQ:CMVT] – a market leader in Internet / Mobile Telecom products and billing for mobile operators. Shahar founded Russian entity of Comverse and served as its first CEO with a $300M record in total sales. In 2005 moved to San Francisco; founded and successfully sold Loyalize, a social engagement & loyalty start-up based in San Francisco (acquired by Viggle [VGGL]). Lately he founded GetTaxi (operating in New York, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg and all over Israel). GetTaxi is expected to hit $500M in Revenues by Dec’15 and keep growing by 400% per annum. In 2013 GetTaxi was selected by FORBES as one of the fastest growing companies in the world. Being passionate about computer programming since his childhood, he obtained a BSc. degree in Computer Science in Tel Aviv and moved to Silicon Valley.

Speaker

Shahar Waiser

GetTaxi

Shahar Waiser is a serial entrepreneur who founded and built companies in US and Internationally. In early 2000 Shahar served as CEO of publicly traded Comverse [NASDAQ:CMVT] – a market leader in Internet / Mobile Telecom products and billing for mobile operators. Shahar founded Russian entity of Comverse and served as its first CEO with a $300M record in total sales. In 2005 moved to San Fra…

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