Marius Nacht

Israeli Marius Nacht co-founded cybersecurity firm Check Point Software with former Forbes cover boy Gil Shwed. As the story goes he both programmed the original code and fetched the soda. Media-shy Nacht still serves on the executive board. Nacht is a veteran of Talpiot, an elite division of Israeli army. He has degrees Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987.