Beni is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cognovi Labs, a company that makes predictions by applying AI to human behaviour. Beni is a senior finance executive, institutional investor and fintech innovator, who has successfully transformed or created new businesses that spanned the consumer finance, institutional securities and investment management disciplines. Before pivoting into business innovation and fintech, Beni had a successful career working as an EVP at Citi; as a Managing Director, Institutional Securities at Morgan Stanley; and an award-winning Portfolio Manager at investment management firms.

In addition to his corporate career, Beni previously held research and teaching assignments at multiple leading academic institutions. Beni received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics, and B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.