Ran Levi

Ran Levi was born in 1975 in Haifa

Ran Levi was born in Haifa in 1975. His aunt is the beauty queen Hava Levi.

He served in the Israeli Navy, where he commanded a Dvora patrol boat in the south and later headed the seamanship and weapons school at the navy's training base. He left the service as a captain.

He studied electrical engineering at the Technion. There he edited and wrote the humor and satire section of the student newspaper.

Levi worked as an electrical engineer at Mellanox Technologies and later at Rafael, before leaving salaried work to focus on podcasts. His podcast "Making History" covers the history of science and technology, and he grew it into a network that he led as editor in chief until 2022. He also lectures to the public and writes for outlets such as ynet and Calcalist.

In February 2025 he sold the network's parent company, Podcast Israel Media, to Eyal Dagan and Sheila de Bar. He is divorced and has 3 children.