Yaniv Zilberman was born and raised in Israel. He initially came to the United States for a road trip and stayed on for his higher education. Yaniv met his wife Limore in Chicago, and reside in Deerfield with their three children: Adi, Noa and Itai for the past decade.

Yaniv founded Gesher Capital 3 years ago, to raise capital for Israeli-based investments in the US, and for US-based investments in Israel. He is looking forward to take part in the continues growth of the IAC Chicago Council.