Amit L. Kochavi


Amit Kochavi is an Israeli entrepreneur known for founding Circles and serves as its chief executive officer. He has been awarded a Forbes 30 under 30. He is a descendant of the Glaser-Kochavi family, a prominent business family located in Israel and the United States.

Career

Kochavi started his career at the age of 14 by launching his first business venture to help his grandmother use a computer. This consisted of a website guide called that was a compilation of internet basics including how to use Google, open a Facebook account and send emails.
During 2012, Amit founded .
Kochavi spent his 10th grade summer vacation interning with Los Angeles based Startengine, an incubator founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision.
His second major venture, Tech Lounge, is aimed at establishing entrepreneurial incubators in high school to promote entrepreneurship among young innovators by giving them the opportunity to meet mentors including Gigi Levy-Weiss, Guy Gamzu and Nathan Intrator who are already experienced in the respective fields. Before drafting to the Israeli Air Force, Tech Lounge was transferred to the alumni association of Unit 8200 and the entity was named Tech Lift.
Kochavi is cited as having developed ideas that aim at influencing and changing the matriculation tests that are used to grade students in the current Israeli education system. The project intends to garner support from fellow students all over Israel to develop new ideas and alternatives that can then be taken up with ministry of education.
Kochavi is the Founder & CEO of . Circles helps large organizations/communities empower innovation and foster collaboration around new ideas and challenges.

Personal life

Amit is the son of Doron Kochavi and Tamar Glaser Kochavi, a descendant of Max Factor. He has one sister, Shir Kochavi.
Kochavi is an alumnus of Ofek unit, which is the R&D department of the Israeli Air Force.