Arye Kohavi

Arye Kohavi (born 24 June 1967) is an Israeli entrepreneur and innovator. He is the founder of Watergen, which develops water and air dehumidification technologies, and former president & co-CEO of the company.

Arye Kohavi
Personal details
Born (1967-06-24) 24 June 1967
OccupationFounder, President and Co-CEO, Water-Gen

Married with four kids, lives in Neve Monosson, Israel.

Early life and education

Kohavi holds an MBA and a BA in Economics and Accounting from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and served in the IDF as a Combat Reconnaissance Company commander.

Business career

Kohavi founded and was chairman of Composita, a novel E-learning software developer. He also served as an Independent M&A Manager, Chairman and Director in top-end Israeli companies, and as co-CEO at Meitav Corporate Finance, one of Israel's leading investment houses.

Kohavi, an Israeli Special Forces officer, began working on drinking water solution in 2008 after observing the logistics challenges Israeli forces had during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict two years earlier. After several days, most of the convoys were shot up, so the soldier on the front line was out of water. The idea was to provide independency for the troops on the field with an embedded 120-pound system on the vehicle that extracts water from ambient air and is capable of creating 12.6 gallons in 24 hours at 75 degrees Fahrenheit and 55 percent humidity.

On June 2009 Kohavi founded Watergen (now "Watergen") a company that design solutions for supplying water. Water-Gen solutions for the defense sector include: atmospheric water generation (drinking water-from-air), treatment of air conditioning run-off water, and battery-operated mobile water purification units.[1] The company has been selling its products to customers such as the US Army, UK Army, Israel Defense Forces, French Army, and civilian applications such as home-appliance water generator.[2][3][4]

Awards
  • Arye Kohavi has been chosen as one of the world's 100 Leading Global Thinkers, and one of the world's top innovators of 2014 by Foreign Policy Magazine.[5]
  • Water-Gen was chosen as one of the "Nine Greatest Israeli Inventions of All Times" by the Israeli Ministry of Economy, and Ynet readers.
  • Water-Gen's Genny was chosen as one of the world's 100 Best Inventions of year 2019, by TIME magazine.
  • Arye Kohavi was listed as one of the "Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2018", by the Algemeiner.[6]
  • "Liquid asset: The Israeli startup that turns air into water". haaretz.com. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

References
  1. Rajao, Giovanna; Schwartz, Michael (24 April 2014). "This machine makes drinking water from thin air". CNN. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "Six rules every innovative company should follow". Virgin. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "This Gadget Makes Gallons of Drinking Water Out of Air". Time. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. "This machine makes drinking water from thin air". MyFox8. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. "The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014". A World Disrupted. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. "The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2018". Algemeiner.com. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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