Biography.guide
Home › People › Businessperson › Isai Scheinberg
Portrait of Isai Scheinberg

Isai Scheinberg

b. 1946

Canadian businessman

Businessperson PokerStars
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Isai Scheinberg

Born 1946. Isai Scheinberg is a Canadian businessperson and pokerStars.

Isai Scheinberg (; born 1946 or 1947) is the Lithuanian Jewish founder of the PokerStars online poker site. Scheinberg previously had been a senior programmer for IBM Canada.

Biography In about 1986, Scheinberg left Israel, and moved to Toronto. He settled there in Richmond Hill, where in 2011 he still owned the house he had bought in 1988. In September 2020, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $30,000 with no jail time.

Scheinberg and the co-owners sold Pokerstars to Amaya Gaming in 2014 for $4.9 billion.

Well known for his sense of personal privacy, he gave his first ever media interview to Lance Bradley in 2021.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Born
1946, Israel
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Businessperson, PokerStars
Nationality
Canada
Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Awards
Bulldog Award

Family & relationships

Child
Mark Scheinberg

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Isai Scheinberg's

Portrait of Albert B. Sabin
Albert B. Sabin
1906 – 1993
Virologist
 Portrait of Grigore Moisil
Grigore Moisil
1906 – 1973
Mathematician
 Portrait of Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe
1906 – 2005
Physicist
 Portrait of Harry Hammond Hess
Harry Hammond Hess
1906 – 1969
Geologist
 Portrait of Ivan Knunyants
Ivan Knunyants
1906 – 1990
Organic chemist
 Portrait of Jean Dieudonné
Jean Dieudonné
1906 – 1992
Mathematician

Frequently asked questions

Who is Isai Scheinberg?

Canadian businessman

When was Isai Scheinberg born?

Isai Scheinberg was born in 1946 in Israel.

What is Isai Scheinberg's occupation?

Isai Scheinberg is a businessperson and pokerStars.

What nationality is Isai Scheinberg?

Isai Scheinberg is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Isai Scheinberg

· Wikidata: Q6078451

· DBpedia: Isai Scheinberg

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Isai Scheinberg. https://biography.guide/isai-scheinberg/

MLA: "Isai Scheinberg." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/isai-scheinberg/.

Chicago: "Isai Scheinberg." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/isai-scheinberg/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:13 UTC