Founder Profile
Yiftach Shoolman
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Yiftach Shoolman?
Yiftach Shoolman is a founder of Redis, Inc., which was founded in 2011 with Salvatore Sanfilippo and Ofer Bengal.
- Company founded
- Redis, Inc.
- Founded
- 2011
- Co-founders
- Salvatore Sanfilippo and Ofer Bengal
Background
Israeli software engineer.
Founding Story
Yiftach Shoolman co-founded Redis Labs in 2011 alongside Ofer Bengal. As the Chief Technology Officer, he architected the absolutely critical 'Redis Enterprise' software layer, adding the massive scaling, clustering, and high-availability features required to sell the database to Fortune 500 banks and tech giants. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Redis passes $300M in annualized recurring revenue (GlobeNewswire, Jan 2026) (Redis, Inc.)
- Rowan Trollope - Redis leadership (Redis, Inc.)