Avi Benayahu was born in Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv in 1959 to Ya'akov and Leah Benayahu. He moved to Kibbutz Lehavor Chaviva in 1975, where he currently lives with his wife, Pnina and three children, Inbal, Tamar and Uri.
He began his career as a reporter and writer in 1977. Since 1993 he has worked in the field of communications and press relations at high level positions for the IDF and the security establishment.