Erez Perlmuter

Co-founder and Chairman of Directory
Kol-Zchut

Erez, an experienced entrepreneur in the high-tech industry and is the co-founder and chairman of Kol-Zchut. Kol-Zchut is a nonprofit organization that operates a website providing extensive information on the rights and entitlements Israeli citizens are eligible for and ways to receive them, free of charge. The site is used by 1.25 million people per month and is accessible in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. In addition, Erez is a senior advisor to the Israeli Innovation Authority and volunteers as a mentor in several social initiatives. Erez founded or was a senior board member in three innovative start-ups that operated mostly in the U.S. market; one of these companies had a successful IPO. Erez has a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science with honors, an M.B.A., and an M.A. in philosophy with honors, all from Tel-Aviv University. He began his career as an academic officer at the Technological Unit of The Israeli Air Force, from which he was discharged as a major. He has two patents in the U.S. and has