Leon Yohai
Leon Yohai (born 31st January 1974) is a Greek entrepreneur. He is mostly known for founding a series of high profile .com ventures, including fleamarket.gr (launched as emarket.gr) and zulutrade.com.
Career
Fleamarket and InternetQ
Leon started his career by founding the company Internet.com, the company behind fleamarket.gr, the first online auction portal in 1999. In its first 2 years of operation, fleamarket had exceeded $1 bil in cost of goods sold. InternetQ by following the current trends, shifted focus to become a mobile entertainment firm that rapidly gained 1.5 million subscribers in the Greek market, and a $20M revenue share for 2005. InternetQ was among the first few mobile content firms globally to introduce premium SMS services with top class telecom providers such as WIND, Vodafone and Cosmote.
QMobile
In 2004 Leon founds QMobile, a Reston VA based mobile startup, that quickly gained 1 million subscribers. Qmobile was the very first company to introduce premium SMS services, such as ringtones, in the US market, by a short code ordering.
ZuluTrade
In 2007, Leon starts zulutrade.com, the first peer-to-peer forex autotrading network. Today ZuluTrade has executed over $45 bil worth of transactions and it's connected with more than 64 different brokerage firms globally.
Personal interests
Leon enjoys paragliding, skiing, and go kart driving. He is also a big supporter and an early investor on the AirBike project.