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Gil Shwed

1968 – present

Gil Shwed is an Israeli entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Check Point Software Technologies in 1993 and led the company as chief executive for more than three decades. He is credited as an inventor of the stateful inspection firewall technology behind Check Point's FireWall-1 product, and he received the Israel Prize in 2005.

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Born in Jerusalem, Israel
1968

Born in Jerusalem and raised in Israel.

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Studied computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
c. 1982

Attended university computer science classes while still of school age.

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Served in Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces
c. 1986

Completed military service in the signals intelligence unit, where he worked on network access systems.

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Co-founded Check Point Software Technologies
1993

Founded the network security company with Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer.

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Check Point released FireWall-1
1994

The company shipped its first commercial firewall product, based on stateful inspection.

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Check Point listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange
1996

The company completed its initial public offering in the United States.

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Awarded the Israel Prize
2005

Received the Israel Prize for his special contribution to society and the state.

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Stepped down as chief executive of Check Point
2024

Handed the chief executive role to Nadav Zafrir and became executive chairman.

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