Yossi Ghinsberg
Yossi Ghinsberg | |
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יוסי גינסברג | |
Yossi Ghinsberg speaking in 2016. | |
| Born | Yosseph Ghinsberg 25 April 1959 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Education | Tel Aviv University |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker |
| Spouse |
Belinda Ghinsberg (m. 2010) |
| Children | 4 |
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.