Adi Gigi

Adi Gigi was born in 1984 in Netanya

Adi Gigi was born on April 11, 1984, in Netanya and grew up there. She attended Tchernichovsky High School, where she chaired the student council. From 2000 to 2002 she founded the Shemesh daycare center, and from 2001 to 2004 she ran a project for gifted children from the Ethiopian community.

She began military service in 2002 in a Mamram programming course, then completed the naval officers course. She served 6 years in the Navy and was discharged as a Lieutenant Commander.

She studied law at Bar-Ilan University and later studied business at Stanford University, where she founded a startup. She worked as a policy analyst in the Prime Minister's Office and was on the team that negotiated Israel's entry into the OECD. She was also a founding team member of the Tamar gas platform.

In 2017 she joined Tesla, and she later established Tesla Israel and served as its general manager until 2023. The company sold directly without a local importer and built a fast charging network in Israel. She was the first woman to build and lead an auto company in Israel.

In October 2023 she was called up for Navy reserve duty and was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. In April 2024 she became a director at the R&D partnership Ayi Arnato.