# Ofer Bengal

> Ofer Bengal is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer, co-founder and chairman of Redis. He led the company from its 2011 founding until the CEO transition in February 2023. His career includes aerospace engineering, toy inventions licensed to manufacturers, and founding RiT Technologies. His public professional profile also lists RiverPool.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Chairman at Redis; Founder & CEO at RiverPool
- **Organizations:** Redis, RiT Technologies, Mobile Economy, Crescendo Networks (former board member), Israeli Air Force, RiverPool
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, cum laude, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Redis and led it as CEO from 2011 to February 2023., Founded RiT Technologies and took it public on Nasdaq in 1997., Redis’s official biography credits him with 17 US and international patents.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as an aerospace engineer in the Israeli Air Force, then established an aerospace engineering consultancy.
- **1980s** — Invented toy concepts and sought investment in a toy manufacturing business.
- **Before 2000** — Founded RiT Technologies; subsequently served as CEO for approximately ten years.
- **1997** — Took RiT Technologies public on Nasdaq.
- **2000-2003** — Founded Mobile Economy, a mobile internet venture; described selling it in 2003 after difficulty generating revenue.
- **2011** — Co-founded Garantia Data with Yiftach Shoolman; the business later became Redis Labs and Redis.
- **2015** — Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo joined Redis Labs.
- **2021** — Redis Labs raised $110 million at a valuation exceeding $2 billion; later dropped Labs from its name.
- **2023-02** — Became Redis chairman as Rowan Trollope succeeded him as CEO.
- **2025** — Public professional and company profiles associate him with the founding of RiverPool.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Redis and led it as CEO from 2011 to February 2023.
- Founded RiT Technologies and took it public on Nasdaq in 1997.
- Redis’s official biography credits him with 17 US and international patents.
- Licensed toy concepts to Milton Bradley, Hasbro and Tomy.
- Led Redis Labs during its April 2021 $110 million funding round at a company valuation above $2 billion.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Redis’s current official biography lists Bengal as co-founder and chairman. This is the research verification month, not a new appointment date.
- **2026-10** — His public LinkedIn profile lists RiverPool; its current website presents an analytics product accepting early-access registrations. This is a current-status observation, not a launch announcement.
- **2025-05** — Redis added AGPLv3 as an open-source license option with Redis 8, a company development during his chairmanship rather than an action attributed personally to him.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-bengal-4a84ba6/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21