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Oded Gour-Lavie

Oded Gour-Lavie is a former IDF brigadier general who headed the Israeli Navy staff and later became chief executive of the startup nT-tao.

born 1967Head of the Israeli Navy staffCommanding the submarine flotillaFounding fusion startup nT-tao

Occupation: military personnel, chief executive officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 2006 Lebanon War

Oded Gour-Lavie was born in 1967

Oded Gour-Lavie was born in 1967. He lives in Moshav Ein Iron, is married and has 5 children.

He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Technion. He earned a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University through the Wexner Foundation program.

He joined the IDF in 1985 and completed the naval officers course in the submarine track. He commanded the missile boat INS Komemiyut and the submarine INS Leviathan, headed a division in the Operations Directorate and later commanded the submarine flotilla. He became head of the Navy staff in 2012, took part in Operation Full Disclosure, and left the IDF in 2016.

In 2019 he founded nT-tao, a startup developing nuclear fusion technology, and serves as its chief executive. He is also one of the experts of the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center at the University of Haifa.

Oded Gour-Lavie's life in 7 milestones

1967
Born.
1985
Joined the IDF.
2011
Chief of Staff Benny Gantz decided to appoint him head of the Navy staff.
2012
Took office as head of the Navy staff.
2014
Appointed head of the strategic task force in the Planning Directorate.
2016
Left the IDF.
2019
Founded the startup nT-tao.

Oded Gour-Lavie served in Submarine Flotilla and Naval Officers Course

He served in the Israeli Navy from 1985 to 2016, commanding the submarine flotilla and later heading the Navy staff from 2012. He reached the rank of brigadier general.

Submarine Flotilla Naval Officers Course