Yossi Ghinsberg

Yossi Ghinsberg
יוסי גינסברג
Yossi Ghinsberg speaking in 2016.
Born
Yosseph Ghinsberg

(1959-04-25) 25 April 1959
Tel Aviv, Israel
EducationTel Aviv University
OccupationsEntrepreneur, author, motivational speaker
Spouse
Belinda Ghinsberg
(m. 2010)
Children4

Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg (Hebrew: יוסי גינסברג; born 5 April 1959) is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker, now based in Byron Bay, Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel.