Eyal Waldman is an Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and peace activist. In 1999, he co-founded chip maker Mellanox Technologies, which was sold to Nvidia for US$6.9 billion in 2019. Waldman received the Israel Prize, Israel's highest civilian honor, in 2024.
Biography
Waldman was born in Jerusalem. His mother holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and his father is an economist. He has a non-identical twin brother and two half-sisters from his father's second marriage. During his teen years, his family moved to Scotland for 2.5 years due to his mother's post doctorate program.[1]
Waldman served as an infantry officer in the Golani Brigade in the Israel Defense Forces.[2] After the army, he studied for a degree in chemical engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology before moving to computer science. After receiving a master's degree in electrical engineering, Waldman began working for Intel in 1989.