# Boaz Yaari

> Boaz Yaari is the founder and CEO of Sharegain, established with Liad Amit in 2015 to widen access to securities lending through financial institutions. His background spans military service, law, derivatives trading and hedge fund portfolio management. Sharegain raised a $64 million Series B in February 2022 and has announced partnerships with firms including Citi, Swissquote and flatexDEGIRO.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Sharegain
- **Organizations:** Sharegain, Brevan Howard Asset Management, BlueBay Asset Management
- **From:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Nationality:** Slovak (as recorded by Companies House)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sharegain and developed its institutional securities lending proposition., Led Sharegain through its $64 million Series B announced on 15 February 2022., Built partnerships that include Citi, Swissquote and flatexDEGIRO.

## Career timeline

- **Before finance** — Served as a paratrooper and worked as a lawyer, according to his interviews.
- **2007** — Moved from Israel to London for a role at Brevan Howard, as recalled in his Dealmakers interview.
- **2015** — Co-founded Sharegain with Liad Amit.
- **2017** — Sharegain launched its Digital Agent Lender solution, according to Yaari’s 2018 interview.
- **2018** — Sharegain launched its enterprise Securities Lending as a Service offering in Q4.
- **2020** — Published a five-year reflection on learning to build and run Sharegain.
- **2021** — Citi announced an automated securities lending solution developed with Sharegain.
- **2022** — Sharegain announced a $64 million Series B led by WestCap.
- **2025** — flatexDEGIRO selected Sharegain to launch securities lending.
- **2026** — Sharegain appointed Ronny Maate chief product officer and Ben Smith chief AI officer.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sharegain and developed its institutional securities lending proposition.
- Led Sharegain through its $64 million Series B announced on 15 February 2022.
- Built partnerships that include Citi, Swissquote and flatexDEGIRO.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Discussed scaling retail securities lending alongside the appointments of Ronny Maate and Ben Smith.
- **2025-10** — Announced Sharegain’s partnership with flatexDEGIRO.

## Links

- Website: https://sharegain.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boaz-yaari-53204b16/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22