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Worthy Hires Chief Technology Officer

[November 13, 2018]

Worthy Hires Chief Technology Officer

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Worthy announces the appointment of Amir Zilberman to Chief Technology Officer. Amir will lead and accelerate Worthy's evolution as a world-class, fully integrated technology organization.

Amir will lead the engineering team and be instrumental in setting the technical vision of the company. Amir will be responsible for the technical innovation, design for scale, and speed into product delivery for Worthy sellers and buyers.

"I am excited to join Worthy and be part of a disruptive and transparent marketplace that is using technology to help people sell their luxury items," states Mr. Zilberman. "Continuing to enhance the experience leveraging big data and machine learning will propel Worthy to the next level."

With over twenty years experience, Amir has been at the forefront of online video, as CTO for AOL Vide (part of Verizon) and most recently as CEO for Showbox.com, a technology platform creating studio quality videos. Amir's experience spans web companies, media companies, e-commerce, enterprise software.

Amir joins Founder and Chief Executive Officer Benny De Kalo; Chief Revenue and Operating Officer, Steven Schneider; Chief Product Officer, Ziv Kabareti and Chief Gemologist, Roy Albers. The team brings together their combined expertise in technology, engineering, product development, operations, marketing, luxury jewelry and client services to efficiently and effectively grow and enhance the Worthy marketplace experience.

"We have a lot of exciting projects in the works that will have a huge impact on how people sell & buy pre-owned jewelry at true market worth," said Benny de Kalo, CEO and Founder, Worthy. "Amir will be leading this charge and ensuring that as we disrupt the traditional industry, we continue to be dedicated to engineering excellence and exceptional customer experience and support."