• Yaron Varsano is a successful businessman and husband of famous Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
• He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the New York Institute of Technology in 1997.
• Yaron and Gal Gadot married in 2008 and have two children, with a third on the way.
• Gal Gadot is an actress, model and film producer known for her role as Wonder Woman.
• Gal has won six awards, including a 2017 National Board of Review Spotlight Award and a 2018 Saturn Award.
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Who is Yaron Varsano?
Yaron Varsano was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 28 June 1975 – his zodiac sign is Cancer and he holds Israeli nationality. He’s a businessman, but who’s perhaps known best for being the husband of famous Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
Early life and education
Yaron was raised alongside his younger brother in Tel Aviv by their father Daniel Varsano who was a famous real estate developer, and their mother Irit Varsano who was a housewife.
He studied at the International School of Israel, and was mostly focused on his studies as Yaron considered his father as his role model, and wanted to start working for him after he obtained his college degree. He was also sporting as he played soccer and basketball.
Upon matriculating in 1993, Yaron enrolled at the New York Institute of Technology, from which he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1997.
After graduating, Yaron moved back to Israel, and began working on his career there.
Career as a businessman
Not a lot is known about Yaron’s career, as he prefers to keep details concerning it to himself, however, it’s known that he’s in the real estate business, and that he’s invested money in various companies. He and Gal once owned a boutique hotel, which they sold to a Russian billionaire for $26 million.
Love life and marriage with Gal Gadot
Both Yaron and Gal Gadot prefer to keep their marriage away from the media’s attention, but Gal has shared some details concerning the two in one of her interviews.
They were apparently friends in their teens – it was at a party that they met for the first time. Gal wasn’t enjoying the party but she saw Gal at it who seemed very young, even though he’s 10 years her senior. They exchanged phone numbers and were friends for a couple of months before they dated. In 2008, the two exchanged vows in front of their closest friends and family members, and initially wanted to wait without children to focus on their careers, however, their first daughter was born in 2011, and was followed by another in 2017. Just recently in 2021, Gal has announced that she’s pregnant again.
Neither of the two has spoken about anyone they had perhaps been with before meeting each other, so as of March 2021, Yaron’s married to Gal and they have two children, with a third on the way.
Hobbies and other interests
Yaron likes to travel and has been all around the world because of his job, but also for pleasure. He and Gal have often travelled together and have stayed in numerous hotels, however, this hasn’t always been great, because the two occasionally feel homesick. Yaron’s dream travel destination is Paris in France.
He likes to drive fast cars, and mostly enjoys burning tires on the track.
He’s physically very active and has several training sessions at the gym each week, while Yaron’s also taking good care of his mental health, as he does yoga and meditates nearly every day.
In his spare time which is mostly late at night, he enjoys watching movies starring his favorite actor and actress – Vin Diesel and Natalie Portman – such as “Pitch Black”, the franchise “Fast and Furious”, and “Leon: The Professional”.
Age, height and net worth
Yaron’s age is 45. He has short gray hair and blue eyes, he’s 5ft 11ins (1.8m) tall and weighs around 160lbs (72kgs). As of March 2021, his net worth has been estimated at over $30 million, while Gal’s net worth is reputedly over $30 million as well.
Who is Gal Gadot?
Gal Gadot-Varsano was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, on 30 April 1985 – her zodiac sign is Taurus and she holds Israeli nationality. She’s an actress, model and a film producer, who’s probably known best for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the eponymous 2017 action adventure fantasy movie written by five people, directed by Patty Jenkins, and which also starred Chris Pine and Robin Wright. It follows Diana who’s an Amazonian warrior, and who leaves her people to fight evil in the world. The movie was a hit, winning 25 of the 97 awards it was nominated for.
Gal was raised in Rosh HaAyin, Israel alongside her younger sister Dana Gadot, by their father Michael who’s an engineer, and their mother Irit who’s a physical education teacher.
Her grandfather spent some time in the Auschwitz concentration camp and survive the Holocaust, while her grandmother fled the Nazis. Gal became interested in dancing at quite an early age, and focused on hip-hop and jazz. She began working while still attending Begin High School, as she was a babysitter, and a dishwasher at Burger King. Upon matriculating in 2004, she entered the Miss Israel beauty pageant thinking it’s a fun experience, and she went on to win. From 2005 to 2007, Gal served in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat fitness instructor, and then enrolled at the private research college Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in law and government in 2011.
Gal launched her career as a model after becoming Miss Israel, and has posed for numerous popular brands and companies, such as Huawei smartphones, Jaguar Cars and Captain Morgan Rum. She has been featured on the cover page of numerous magazines, with some of the most popular among these being “Entertainment Weekly”, “Glamour” and “Cosmopolitan”.
Her acting career was launched with her appearance in the 2008 Israeli movie “Bubot”, and she gained recognition in the following year after being invited to play Gisele Yashar in the critically acclaimed action movie “Fast & Furious”, which starred Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker; she was praised for her acting skills as well as for having performed her own stunts.
The following years saw her play supporting characters in several movies, such as the romantic comedy “Date Night”, the comedy “Knight and Day” both in 2010, as well as the two other “Fast and Furious” movies: “Fast Five” in 2011 and “Fast & Furious 6” in 2013.
For her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the 2016 superhero film “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, Gal had to practice swordsmanship, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Kung Fu, among other martial arts, and the scenes in which her character appeared are said to be the best in the entire movie.
In 2016, she starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in the action thriller movie “Criminal”, while she then starred alongside Zach Galifianakis in the action comedy movie “Keeping Up with the Joneses”.
Working… on two major projects 😉 pic.twitter.com/ZBdn2Dfxn3
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) April 4, 2021
In November 2017, Gal reprised her role as Wonder Woman in the critically acclaimed superhero movie “Justice League”, while the following year saw her make her debut voicing performance, as she lent her voice to Shank in Disney’s animated comedy movie “Ralph Breaks the Internet”. She’s currently shooting for two upcoming movies: Netflix’s action thriller “Red Notice” in which she’s starring alongside Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and the mystery thriller “Death on the Nile” based on the eponymous novel by Agatha Christie.
In October 2019, Gal and Yaron founded their own production company called Pilot Wave, and in 2020, Gal co-produced the superhero movie “Wonder Woman 1984”, the sequel to the 2017 “Wonder Woman”.
Gal has appeared in around 36 movies and TV series, and been nominated for 27 awards, winning six including a 2017 National Board of Review Spotlight Award for “Wonder Woman”, a 2018 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award for Best Actress also for “Wonder Woman”, and a 2018 Broadcast Film Critics Association SeeHer Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”.
Her name ‘Gal’ stands for ‘wave’ in Hebrew.
