Global InformationYossi Ghinsberg information
Yossi Ghinsberg | |
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 Yossi Ghinsberg speaking in 2016. | |
| Born | Yosseph Ghinsberg 25 April 1959 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Education | Tel Aviv University |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker |
| Children | 4 |
Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg (Hebrew: יוסי גינסברג; born 5 April 1959) is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker, now based in Byron Bay, Australia.[1] Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel.[2]
Ghinsberg is now a tech-entrepreneur and the founder of the mobile applications Headbox, which integrates all social media activity into one feed, and Blinq, which provides social media and activity live updates.
- ^ Browne, Rachel (8 April 2007). "The Unending Mystery". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Escape from the Amazon". Discovery. Retrieved 8 December 2013.