EFI company founder Efi Arazi passed away

Arazi served as chairman, president and CEO of Electronics for Imaging (EFI) from 1988 until 1994, guiding the business from modest beginnings, with 18 employees in North Beach, San Francisco.

Under his leadership and technical guidance, EFI launched Fiery, the printing industry’s first colour server, in 1991. The product was an immediate success, leading to significant OEM partner contracts with the world’s leading colour printer manufacturers. Arazi completed an initial public offering for EFI in 1992. In 1994, Fortune magazine named EFI the nation’s fastest-growing public company.