Yossi Vardi. Joseph (Yossi) Vardi (Hebrew: יוסי ורדי) (born 1942), is an Israeli entrepreneur and investor.
He is one of Israel's first high-tech entrepreneurs. For over 40 years he has founded and helped to build over 60 high-tech companies in a variety of fields, among them software, energy, Internet, mobile, electro-optics and water technology.[1] Biography[edit] Joseph Vardi was born in Tel Aviv. He studied at the Technion in Haifa, graduating with a B. Yossi Vardi fights local warming. Yossi Vardi Profile. Yossi Vardi is an Israeli investor most famous for being the original investor in ICQ —the first Internet-wide instant messaging system.
Vardi has invested in over 50 tech companies in diverse areas of software, energy, Internet, mobile, cleantech, and others. Vardi has been an active civil servant in Israel through projects involving energy and infrastructure. He also co-founded Alon, an Israeli oil company.