# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yizhar-shai
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:01:54.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yizhar-shai"
name: "Yizhar Shai"
slug: "yizhar-shai"
description: "Yizhar Nitzan Shai is an Israeli entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Blue and White between 2019 and 2021, and as Minister of Science & Technology from 2020 to 2021."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yizhar_Shai%2C_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1963-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.91
  momentum:             3.090128755364807
  historical:           4.83294
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/StartupStadium"
    handle:    "StartupStadium"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yizhar_Shai"
    title: "Yizhar Shai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%96%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%99"
    title: "יזהר שי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yizhar_Shai"
    title: "Yizhar Shai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizhar_Szaj"
    title: "Jizhar Szaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%96%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%99"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47514932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump