DOB
01/03/1981
Place
Savyon, Israel
Industry
Other
Known for
Israeli Market trader and Blockchain entrepreneur
Yoni Assia
CEO, founder eToro
Yoni Assia was a Chair and CEO of Magic Software Enterprises in the past and his parents' names are David Assia and Naomi Assia. He is the owner of a legal firm focusing on copyright law. Through his military service as a programmer in the technology division of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, Yoni is in progress to learn investment management in the Meitav College, of the Meitav Investment House.
Biography
Yoni Assia was born on 1 March
1981 at Savyon, Israel. He is the CEO and founder of eToro, and a Hi-tech
entrepreneur, deals with international social networks for financial
investments, with more than 11 million workers from over 140 states everywhere
the world.
While studying, Yoni started the
start-up company CDRide, which offers solutions for photographing and cutting
out videos for theme park attractions. Through his work as CEO of this company,
Assia educated for his BSc in computer sciences in the Open University of
Israel between 2000-2002. From 2004 to 2006 he studied for his post-graduation
in MSc in computer science in Herzliya in the Interdisciplinary Center.
Personal Life
Yoni got married to Mor Assia,
Founder and Co-CEO of iAngels, a venture capital investment platform, father of
Anne, Adam, Ari, and Alex who live in Savion. His brother, Ronen Assia, is an
active director and entrepreneur in eToro.
Education
After finishing high school, he
acknowledged a brief education from Microsoft (MCSD) where he received his
diploma in solution development. He far ahead attended Open University where he
got his BA degree in Management and Computer Sciences.
Career
For the company IDF, he was a
program writer and project manager for several years. He was the co-founder and
expansion manager of WiTech Communications - CDRide. CdRide is the world's
chief and leading on-ride video technology corporation, specializing in dynamic
thrill ride video systems.
In 2007, at the age of 25, he
originated Etoro after recognizing there weren't any social trading platforms
for people. The company is now deliberated to be the major social trading
networks in the world.
The company has now established
ways for people around the world to trade Cryptocurrency everywhere in the
world. The Company has also realized a Blockchain of which Assia is presently
the CEO.
Board Member
He is at present a board member
of Meitav Dash, which is one of the major investment houses in the country of
Israel.
He has revealed an interest in
finance and computer science after his youth and so definite to unite his
passions. It was this very desire along with the social revolution, which led
to the establishment and development of eToro’s investment network, where users
join, share, and trade and invest in the world’s financial markets.
Yoni is as adoring about his
business, as he is for his family, wife and 4 kids, which frequently results in
extreme use of the word awesome, and hi-fives about the office. It’s this young
CEO’s dream to disrupt the old banking industry and substitute it with a new
online transparent and social financial structure for the advantage of
everyone.
Yoni is a fellow of the YPO and
was composed by Financial News in its respected Fintech 40 ranking and by City
A.M. as a Fintech 100 top influencer. Yoni embraces a B.Sc. in Computer Science
and a master degree in MSC in Computer Sciences.
Business career
In 2003, Assia achieved the
CDRide, a start-up that established a system to film people on roller-coasters
and wirelessly transmits the film to a booth where it could be bought by the
rider. The company won numerous large contracts, together with one with
Paramount Parks. Assia originated eToro in 2006 together with his brother David
Ring and Ronen Assia. As of 2018, eToro had more than 10 million listed users
and had risen US$162M.
Coloured Coins
In 2013, Assia
created coloured coins, a lesson of methods for linking real-world assets with
reports on the bitcoin network.
