ELDER OF ZIYON
A top Nvidia executive in Israel is an Arab, and Israeli Jews aren’t resentful – they are proud
February 25, 2026

If your understanding of Israel comes from The Guardian or the New York Times, Ali Ayoub shouldn’t exist. Ayoub is an Nvidia VP of software engineering in Israel, with hundreds of people working under him worldwide. He earned his degree at the Technion, worked at an Israeli tech company Mellanox, moved to the US to work at Google, founded a startup, moved back to Israel and Mellanox which was acquired by Nvidia. In other words, he is a fantastic Israeli high tech success story, similar to many others but now one of the most powerful tech executives in Israel.  He is also an Arab, born and raised in the Galilee village of Majd al-Krum. While Ayoub is happy to discuss his upbringing and the importance of Arabs in the Israeli tech sector, there is something missing from the coverage of one of the highest profile Israelis in AI. READ MORE