Biography

Amir Schlachet co-founded Global-e in 2013 and has served as the company CEO since it was founded. Prior to co-founding Global-e, Mr. Schlachet served as SVP and Strategic Advisor to the CEO of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, a position he gained after several years as a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Schlachet has an extensive technology background, having served for 11 years in various elite technological units of the Israeli Defense Forces, including as the commander of the ‘Talpiot’ elite technological military-academy program (ranked Major). Mr. Schlachet holds an MBA from INSEAD (first in his class), M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Tel-Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Maths, Physics and Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.