@deploytlv: Imagine building a company worth $12 billion, getting a reported $23 billion offer from Google, and saying no. That’s what Assaf Rappaport and the Wiz team did. By Assaf’s own account, he was awake at 4 a.m. wondering if he had just made a massive mistake. But the story didn’t end there. Months later, Google came back. The envelope said $30 billion. He declined again. Then came $32 billion in cash, the biggest exit in Israeli history. What makes the story even better is who was behind it. Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik and Yinon Costica met in the army. They built their first company together, sold it to Microsoft, all left together in 2020, and started Wiz. When Assaf had to make the biggest bet of his career, he says he was betting on his people and their ability to execute. “The most amazing team I’ve ever worked with. I hit the jackpot.” The offer kept changing. The four of them didn’t. Follow @deploytlv for the stories behind what Tel Aviv builds. #Wiz #IsraeliTech #Startups #StartupNation

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