Yair Lapid is an Israeli politi­cian who found­ed and serves as the chair­man of the Yesh Atid Par­ty. He was Israel’s Min­is­ter of Finance between 2013 and 2014. For­mer­ly an accom­plished jour­nal­ist, news anchor, and TV pre­sen­ter, he has pub­lished mul­ti­ple best­selling books in Hebrew.