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Gil Shwed (Hebrew: גיל שויד; born in 1968 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli programmer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, CEO, and chairman of board of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, one of Israel's biggest technology companies.〔 ==Biography== Shwed was born in Jerusalem in 1968. He started programming at the age of 13, and two years later began studying computer sciences at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, while he was still in high-school.〔 During his military service he was part of the Intelligence Corps' Unit 8200. After his military service had ended, Shwed joined the Israeli startup company Optrotech (currently Orbotech), where he worked as a Software Developer. In 1993, Shwed founded Check Point together with Shlomo Kramer, Shwed’s friend from the military unit, and Marius Nacht with whom he worked at Optrotech.〔 That year, Shwed invented and patented stateful inspection, which served as the basis for the first version of the company’s renowned FireWall-1, released in 1994. Stateful Inspection is still widely used in network firewalls today. Shwed is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Check Point since, and its Chairman of the Board of Directors. He previously served as President of Check Point. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Tel Aviv University and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Youth University of Tel Aviv University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Yeholot Association Founded by the Rashi Foundation whose charter is, among other things, to reduce dropout rates in high schools. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gil Shwed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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