Feb 23, 2023
Check Point CEO Gil Shwed On ChatGPT And Cybersecurity
In this week's CIO newsletter, a conversation with Check Point CEO Gil Shwed on how ChatGPT and other threats are impacting cybersecurity strategy
PROFILE
Gil Shwed
$5.2B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 12/18/25
Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images
From the Editor
- Gil Shwed, considered the inventor of the modern computer firewall, cofounded Check Point Software Technologies in 1993 with Shlomo Kramer and Marius Nacht.
- The company went public on the Nasdaq in 1996.
- Shwed owns about 26% of Check Point's stock and serves as its executive chairman.
- Check Point, which develops cybersecurity software, counts many of the largest U.S. companies as its clients.
- Check Point prevented over 3 billion cyber attacks annually and has secured over 100,000 organizations worldwide.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 57
- Source of Wealth
- Software, Self Made
- Residence
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Marital Status
- Single
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