Nahum Sharfman was an Israeli tech entrepreneur who, along with Amir Ashkenazi, founded Shopping.com. Shopping.com was later acquired by eBay for $650 million. He was also the Chairman of social content sharing site eSnips Ltd.[1]
Prior to shopping.com, Sharfman co-founded the IT security company Commtouch for which he served as the Chairman of the Board from its inception in February 1991 to November 1997.[2] Commtouch IPO'ed in 2000.[3]
Prior to starting his own ventures, Sharfman spent 11 years working for National Semiconductor. He received a Ph.D. in High Energy Nuclear Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Physics from the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology.
Sharfman and his wife, Nava, died in a plane crash on the Mount Ainos in the Ioanian island of Cephallonia, Greece while en route to Corfu on April 29, 2009.[4]
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- ^ Rao, Leena (April 29, 2009). "Nahum Sharfman, Founder Of Shopping.com, Perishes In Plane Crash". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-07-27.