The book tells the story of the birth of the Israeli High-Tech industry from the early 1960’s to the early 1990’s. It provides a fascinating account of the early entrepreneurs and companies that were at the heart of the initial creation and development of the technology industry in Israel; and how it evolved to become a significant force on a global scale.
The books is structured as a set of interlinked personal stories of key people, the pioneers who are responsible for establishing and developing the companies that were the foundation stone of the industry.
The book covers the following people and companies:

• Dan Tolkowsky of Discount Investment Corporation early high-tech investor
  
• Stef Wertheimer founder of Iscar 1952 and Blade Technology 1969
  
• Uzia Galil founder of Elron Electronic Industries – 1962
  
• Efi Arazi founder of Scitex Corporation – 1968
  
• Avraham Suhami founder of Elscint – 1969
  
• Dov Frohman founder of Intel Israel operations - 1974
  
• Benny Landa founder of Indigo Digital Press – 1977
  
• Giora Yaron Head of National Semiconductor Corporation in Israel 1979, (from 1993 an independent company Tower Semiconductor)
  
• Zohar & Yehuda Zisapel founders of Rad Group 1981
  
• Aryeh Finegold founder of Daisy Systems 1981 and Mercury Interactive 1989
  
• Levy Gerzberg founder of Zoran Corporation – 1983
  
• Davidi Gilo founder of DSP Group 1987
  
• Abe Peled co-founder of NDS Group – 1989
  
• Zvi Alon founder of NetManage – 1990
  
• Rony Ross founder of Panorama Software 1993
  
• Shabtai Adlersberg co-founder of AudioCodes 1993
  
• Ruth Alon founder of NetVision 1994
  
• Dan Maydan Applied Materials, Inc. established their Israeli operations in 1996