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Yoni Bloch
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Yoni Bloch

Israeli musician and entrepreneur

Yoni Bloch (Hebrew: יוני בלוך; born August 11, 1981) is an Israeli singer, composer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive of the interactive video company Eko.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Yoni Bloch (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 11, 1981.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: singer, composer, songwriter.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Eko3

Music career

His first album Ulay Ze Ani ("Maybe It's Me") was released in 2004. Most of the songs were published earlier in the website Bama Hadasha. The musical style of the album is melodic rock, and the songs moved from rhythmical songs to calm and quiet ones. The songs were written in a humorous ambiance, which was expressed either in the lyrics or in the melody. Most of the songs were written by Barak Feldman and composed by Bloch.

Bloch also wrote songs for TV shows, TV realities and plays.

In June 2007 Bloch released his second album Hergelim Ra'im ("Bad Habits"). In this album there's his cover to the ballad "Annabel-Lee" written by Edgar Allan Poe, and was translated to Hebrew by Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

Bloch was a guest judge on the 5th season of the Israeli version of American Idol - "Kochav Nolad".

On November 19, 2008, Bloch released his third album Al Mi Ani Oved ("Who am I fooling"), and attached to it a movie that is made of clips to all the songs of the album. In the movie Bloch dies from a broken heart. The album was written after a hard break up of Bloch and his unknown girlfriend, in most of the songs at first there's a tranquil atmosphere and towards the end it becomes a rock song.

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Business career

In 2009 Bloch founded the interactive video company Interlude with Tal Zubalsky and Barak Feldman. The company developed technology for videos in which viewers choose how the story unfolds, and produced an interactive music video for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". Its investors have included Sequoia Capital, MGM, Warner Music Group and Samsung, and in 2016 Sony Pictures Entertainment made an investment that Bloch described as worth tens of millions of dollars.

In December 2016 Interlude renamed itself Eko, the name of its distribution platform. In October 2018 Walmart and Eko announced a joint venture, W*E Interactive Ventures, led by Bloch; Walmart was reported to be investing $250 million in it. Bloch is the company's chief executive.

From Wikipedia’s article on Yoni Bloch (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornAug 11, 1981, Beersheba5
  • CitizenshipIsrael6
  • Children37

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    WikidataEko, Founder
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