Oded and Tali Ben-Ezer founded the Maya Group, Inc. in 1992. Between 1992 and 2007, The Maya Group was the exclusive North American distributor of Tiny Love (a sister company of Shilav). In 2007, The Maya Group sold the North American distribution rights back to Tiny Love, and re-established itself as Innovative designer, developer, distributor and marketer of safe high-profile toy brands. The Maya Group sells its products to all the major retailers in the USA (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys “R” Us, Amazon, Sears/Kmart, Macy’s etc.) as well to over 30 distributors around the world.

Prior to founding The Maya Group, Oded was an associate at the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York.

Oded holds a MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University.