# Yinon Costica

> Yinon Costica is a co-founder and VP of Product at Wiz, the cloud security company acquired by Google for $32 billion in 2025 - the largest cybersecurity acquisition in history. A veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces' elite Talpiot program and Unit 8200, Costica previously co-founded Adallom (sold to Microsoft for $320M) and scaled Microsoft's Cloud Security Group to $1.5B in annual revenue before helping build Wiz into the fastest-growing software company ever, now serving over 50% of the Fortune 100.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and VP of Product at Wiz (Google Cloud)
- **Organizations:** Wiz, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Adallom, IDF Unit 8200, Cyberstarts
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.Sc. in Computer Networking, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, M.Sc. in Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Exchange program, Defense Technology and Systems, National University of Singapore
- **Known for:** Co-founded Wiz, the fastest-growing software company in history, Helped engineer Google's largest-ever acquisition at $32 billion, Previously co-founded Adallom, acquired by Microsoft for ~$320M

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces alongside future Wiz co-founders; joined elite Talpiot program
- **2001-2011** — Served in IDF Unit 8200 and Unit 81; headed a cyber division; received Israel Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence
- **2012** — Co-founded Adallom, a cloud access security broker (CASB), with Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, and Roy Reznik
- **2012-2015** — Served as VP of Products at Adallom
- **2015** — Microsoft acquired Adallom for approximately $320 million
- **2015-2019** — Joined Microsoft post-acquisition; rose to Partner Director of Product Management for Cloud Security Group, scaling it to $1.5B ARR
- **2020** — Co-founded Wiz in January with same team; served as Co-Founder and VP of Product
- **2021** — Wiz raised Series B at $1.7B valuation, becoming a unicorn in record time
- **2022** — Wiz reached $100M ARR in 18 months - fastest in enterprise software history
- **2024** — Wiz declined $23B acquisition offer from Google to pursue IPO; later raised at $12B valuation
- **2025** — Google announced $32B acquisition of Wiz - largest cybersecurity acquisition and largest Google acquisition ever
- **2026** — Google acquisition of Wiz closed; Costica becomes billionaire with ~$2.24B estimated net worth

## Achievements

- Co-founded Wiz, the fastest-growing software company in history
- Helped engineer Google's largest-ever acquisition at $32 billion
- Previously co-founded Adallom, acquired by Microsoft for ~$320M
- Scaled Microsoft's Cloud Security Group from 0 to $1.5B ARR
- Recipient of the Israel Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence
- Veteran of elite IDF Talpiot program and Unit 8200
- Wiz serves 50%+ of the Fortune 100 and 150,000+ companies
- Speaker at Google Cloud Next 2026 on agentic cyber defense
- Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews 2025 (as part of Wiz founding team)
- One of Israel's newest billionaires with estimated ~$2.24B net worth

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Speaking at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas on 'Navigating Agentic Cyber Defense'
- **2026-03** — Wiz acquisition by Google officially closed; Costica and co-founders establish joint family office projected at $7-8B, managed by brother Yotav Costica
- **2025-04** — Published 'Introducing Wiz Defend' on Wiz blog, announcing new cloud detection and response capabilities
- **2025-03** — Google announced $32B acquisition of Wiz - the largest cybersecurity acquisition in history
- **2024-09** — Co-authored 'Wiz Code' announcement, expanding Wiz's platform to developer-native security

## Links

- Website: https://www.wiz.io/authors/yinon-costica
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yinonc/

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Last updated: 2026-04-30