Jacob, who also goes by Yakov, is a graduate of University of Oxford, Technion, and MIT. Before becoming a serial entrepreneur, Jacob managed R&D at software giant Nuance Communications, which powers speech applications such as the iPhone's Siri, and also developed network security solutions at Check Point Software Technologies, the largest pure-play computer security vendor in the world. Over the last twelve years, Jacob has founded four financial services and financial information companies in the US and around the world. He recently competed in an Ironman triathlon in Israel.