Zeev Farbman

Israeli entrepreneur (born 1979)

Zeev Farbman

זאב פרבמן

Farbman in 2022

Born|  (1979-09-09) September 9, 1979 (age 45)

Zaporizhia, Ukraine

Nationality| Israeli
Alma mater| Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation| Entrepreneur
Known for| Co-Founder of Lightricks
Website| lightricks.com

Zeev Farbman (Hebrew: זאב פרבמן; born September 9, 1979) is an Israeli entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Lightricks.

## Early life and education

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Zeev Farbman was born in Zaporizhia[1] on September 9, 1979. He grew up in Yukutia, Russia.[2] He immigrated to Netanya, Israel when he was 13.[3] He received his PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Computer Science and was under the guidance of Prof. Dani Leshinski and Prof. Raanan Fattal.[4]

Most of his research focused on computational photography and published at ACM Transactions on Graphics at SIGGRAPH conference. At Hebrew University, he wrote a paper on Diffusion maps for edge-aware image editing.[5] His research on tone mapping of HDR images was implemented in MATLAB (tonemapfarbman).[6] He left academia to co-found Lightricks along with Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein and Itai Tsiddon.

## Lightricks

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The company began in two apartments,[7] but has since moved into the Hebrew University campus[8] and opened offices in Haifa.[9] They also have sites outside of Israel, in London,[10] Chicago,[11] and New York City. Farbman believes his role is to lead the team of developers, designers and researchers building apps that give users creative license to produce their own visual material.[12] Pictures of a sleeping Farbman went viral when they were turned into memes.[13][14]

## Personal

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In his spare time, he practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[15]

## Select Publications

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* Disillusionment from AI will lead to more productivity, in CTech. Published October 3, 2024
* Deep Dive into AI for Video and Potential Consequences – Interview With Lightricks LTX Studio CEO, in CineD. Published August 21, 2024
* How To Lead Innovation From Within, in Forbes. Published May 9, 2024
* AI Is Knowledge, And Knowledge Is Power, in Forbes. Published November 29, 2023
* AI Will Drive The Evolution Of Human Creativity, in Forbes. Published December 13, 2022
* How To Compete with Big Tech and Win, on NFX. Published June 2022
* Why This Founder Stuck With His Vision After Striking Unexpected Gold, in Forbes. Published April 30, 2021
* 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lightricks CEO Zeev Farbman, in Money Inc. Published February 24, 2020

## References

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1. ^ "From Russia, With Coding Skills". Calcalist. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. ^ "CEO Fun-Facts: Zeev Farbman, Co-founder & CEO at Lightricks". Viola Group. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
3. ^ "From Russia, With Coding Skills". Calcalist. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
4. ^ "Zeev Farbman - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
5. ^ "Diffusion maps for edge-aware image editing". ACM Digital Library. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
6. ^ "tonemapfarbman". Mathworks. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
7. ^ "10 Most Promising Startups". Globes. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
8. ^ "Lightricks proves the Start Up Nation is not just about Tel Aviv". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
9. ^ "Lightricks to build an 8,600 square feet R&D center in Haifa". Calcalist.
10. ^ "Lightricks opens london office". UK Israel. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
11. ^ Lightricks. "Lightricks Acquires Popular Pays, Empowering Creator Community to Monetize Content". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
12. ^ "Interview with Zeev Farbman co founder and ceo at lightricks/". USA Weekly. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
13. ^ "CEO gets edited into funny situations by his own staff after falling asleep on the job". Metro. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
14. ^ "Boss Falls Asleep At Work So Employees Take Him On A Photoshop Trip". Demilked. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
15. ^ "CEO Fun-Facts: Zeev Farbman, Co-founder & CEO at Lightricks". Viola Group. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

## External links

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* Zeev Farbman at Google Scholar

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Israel

Academics|

* Google Scholar