Dr. Yair Schindel Co-Founded Maoz in 2010, served as CEO in early years and as board member until 2014.
As business and social entrepreneur, Yair helped co-found, establish and manage other organisations including the national government bureau of Digital Israel, the 8400 Health Network and Start-up Nation Central. More recently he is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of aMoon Ventures, a leading HealthTech investment fund based in Israel and Boston. Born into a family of physicians, Yair’s parents and grandparents are doctors. His grandparents were also Schindler’s List Holocaust survivors who escaped Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps. Yair began his career as a physician, but pivoted to a life in innovation and entrepreneurship. He earned his BSc and MD degrees at Ben-Gurion University’s Medical School and his MBA at the Harvard Business School. Prior to b-school Yair served as an officer with IDF Special Forces, in his last position served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Israeli Navy Seals, aka “Shayetet 13.” Yair is married to Hila and they have 3 children.