Yanki Margalit

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Yanki Margalit was born in 1962, in Israel. Mr.Margalit is an entrepreneur and speaker. He is an executive partner in Innodo Ventures, a seed investment fund and a partner and investor at IAngels. He is the former Chairman of SpaceIL, a non-profit space technology organization competing for the Google Lunar X Prize. In 1985, Margalit founded Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.In 1996 Aladdin has acquired FAST software Security in Germany and in 1998 Aladdin acquired ESafe Technologies. In 2004 the company's shares were also listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. In 2006 Aladdin acquired California based Preview Systems and in 2008 Aladdin acquired SafeWord. In March 2009, with close to $150M in sales, Vector Capital acquired Aladdin and officially merged it with SafeNet. Mr. Margalit is on the boards of Idealist.org, Latet, College4all.org, Meet.mit.edu, Adama.org.il, and SpaceIL.com.

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Sep 16, 2008 · www.globes.co.il

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Aladdin's Yanki Margalit: It's not personal

Vector Capital, a private equity group, is eyeing a forced merger with Aladdin Knowledge Systems. Vector Capital acquired SafeNet last year and is now interested in acquiring Aladdin for $180 million. Aladdins market cap has recently plummeted to $117 million. Aladdins founder and CEO, Yanki Margalit, has expressed interest in acquiring Vectors business, but the value is in question. Vector has called for an extraordinary shareholders meeting to seek a replacement of the Aladdin board. Despite talks of a possible merger between Aladdin and SafeNet, Margalit has not seriously considered selling the company he founded. Vector Capital warns that it wont wait indefinitely for the takeover to be completed.

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