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.