Eynat Guez (; born ) is an Israeli technology entrepreneur and executive. She is the CEO and co-founder of PAPAYA Global, a payroll and payments provider."This Israeli Tech Firm Is Making Sure Workers Worldwide Get Paid Despite Coronavirus", Haaretz, 30 September 2020.
Biography Eynat Guez was born in France, the second of three children. She immigrated with her family to Israel when she was four years old. The family settled in Netanya. In her youth, she was a journalist for TV shows on Channel 2 and Israeli Educational Television and the newspaper Ma'ariv La'noar, and was a competitive swimmer."From zero to 1.2 billion dollars in five years: The unbelievable story of Eynat Guez". Haaretz, 5 March 2021. She served in the Israel Defense Forces as an F-16 Squadron adjutant.
Guez holds a BA in political science and Business administration from the Open University of Israel. She lives in Emek Hefer with her husband and three children."I Make Tons Of Mistakes On A Day To Day Basis And This Is Part Of Growing And Scaling."
Business career Guez served for seven years as a COO of LR Group, a holding company that built infrastructures and established projects in Africa. In 2008, after seven years in LR Group, she quit her job. Early 2009, she founded Relocation Source, her first company, which supports corporate relocation and worldwide mobility needs and still exists today. Four years later, she established a second company, Expert Source, which assisted companies expanding into East Asia."Good ideas arrives when we are sumbimssive", Globes, 6 December 2016. In 2016, she founded PAPAYA Global, with Ofer Herman (CTO) and Ruben Drong (CPO). , the company is valued at $3.7 billion."Papaya Global raises $250m at $3.7b valuation", Globes, 11 September 2021.team, company's site It is the first Israeli unicorn led by a woman."Eynat Guez's Papaya Global - the first Israeli unicorn led by a female entrepreneur", Calcalist, 3 April 2021.
In 2025 she led an investment at a start up company called Era, co founded by Omri Shtivi and her brother, for the memory of his brother, Idan Shtivi, who was kidnapped and murdered by the Hamas during October 7 attacks.https://www.mako.co.il/nexter-news/Article-3589a8230a20891027.htm
She is a board member at Hagal Shely, an NGO which uses the power of the sea as a therapeutic tool.
Awards and recognition 2018 – No. 4 among 20 Women in HR Technology by People Matters."Women in HR Technology", People Matters, 2 January 2018. 2021 – No. 8 in The Jerusalem Post 50 most influential Jews."The Jerusalem Post's 50 most influential Jews", The Jerusalem Post, 6 September 2021. 2021 – No. 82 in TheMarker most influential people."TheMarker's 100 most influential people", TheMarker, 29 August 2021. 2021 – No. 49 in Calcalist most influential people."Calcalist's most influential people", Calcalist, 2021. 2022 - No. 31 in Forbes Israel Power Women."Forbes' Power Women", Forbes Israel, 30 June 2022. 2022 – Globes 50 influential women."Globes' 50 influential women", Globes, 24 March 2022. 2022 – No. 9 on Fortune The 15 Most Powerful Women in Startups."The 15 Most Powerful Women in Startups", Fortune, 6 October 2022 2022 - Peres Center for Peace & Innovation Medal of Distinction
See also Women in Israel PAPAYA Global
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