Convicted killer turned tech whiz poised to make millions through health-technology firm

With his company set to go public, Harel Hershtik’s past is coming under new scrutiny, raising questions about whether someone who took a person’s life deserves to rehabilitate his own to such an extent

Harel Hershtik pose for a photograph at his labs in Rehovot, Israel (Ariel Schalit/AP)

A man who planned and executed a murder, shooting his victim in the head and burying the body, is poised to make millions through his health-technology firm.

Harel Hershtik’s crime, carried out a quarter of a century ago when he was 20, was so grisly it is still widely remembered – though neither his conviction for premeditated murder, his lengthy prison sentence nor his parole board-mandated nightly house arrest have obstructed his rise.