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The millionaire Israeli soccer star and his wife who were killed in a plane crash in the California mountains over the weekend have been pictured for the first time.
Liron and Naomi Petrushka were found in the wreckage of their Socata TBM9 jet close to Truckee Tahoe Airport around 6.40pm Saturday, per the FAA.
According to airport officials, the single-engine plane tanked while attempting to land after more than two hours in transit. The cause is under investigation.
Liron, 57, and Naomi, 58, who lived in Nevada with their three sons, set off from Centennial airport in Denver, Colorado around 4:20 pm before heading west.
Conditions were moderately snowy at the time of the crash, and there was a visibility of a half-mile, according to KCRA-TV.
The millionaire Israeli soccer star and his wife who were killed in a plane crash in the California mountains over the weekend have been pictured for the first time. (Pictured: Naomi Petrushka)
Before launching his impressive career as a tech investor, Liron Petrushka got his start playing soccer for the Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
According to the airport, the single-engine aircraft tanked while attempting to land after more than two hours in transit. The cause of the crash is under investigation
Liron and Naomi Petrushka were found in the wreckage of their Socata TBM9 close to Truckee Tahoe Airport around 6.40pm Saturday, according to the FAA
The Petrushkas had been living in upscale Incline Village, which overlooks Lake Tahoe in Nevada and joins on to the California border, since the year 2000 according to Nexis records.
They had established themselves as astute tech investors and had a string of successes behind them.
In 1999, the couple sold their company CommerceBid, which they had founded, for over $200 million.
After the acquisition, the Petrushkas remained on board to oversee the transition of the company into new hands.
After CommerceBid, they invested in Check, a company that was subsequently sold to American financial powerhouse Intuit in 2014 for around $360 million.
According to Ctech, the Petrushkas also invested in V.C. firm UpWest, an organization that invests in Israeli-helmed startups located in both Israel and the United States.
Before launching his impressive career as a tech investor, Liron got his start playing soccer for the Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim.
In a statement to the Times of Israel, the soccer club's chairperson said: 'The
