{"id":84335,"date":"2018-04-22T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T06:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/half-of-israels-leaders-of-industry-are-technion-graduates\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T06:58:27","slug":"half-of-israels-leaders-of-industry-are-technion-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/half-of-israels-leaders-of-industry-are-technion-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of Israel\u2019s \u201cLeaders of Industry\u201d are Technion Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven out of twelve \u201cLeaders of Industry\u201d are Technion graduates, according to a list published by Israel\u2019s Ministry of Economy and Industry<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in honor of the country\u2019s 70<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary. The list recognizes people who made important contributions to Israel\u2019s industrial sector. The awards will be presented at a festive celebration this spring, attended by the president. <\/span><\/p>\n

These are the twelve winners:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Technion<\/a>
Technion graduate Yossi Vardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Technion graduate Yossi Vardi <\/b><\/p>\n

Yossi Vardi is \u00a0a serial entrepreneur who became well-known in the 1990s with the sale of Mirabilis \u2013 one of the first and most notable \u00a0\u201cexits\u201d of Israel\u2019s technology sector. He is considered a pioneer of Israel\u2019s startup industry. <\/span><\/p>\n

Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel<\/b><\/p>\n

The Zisapel brothers are both Technion graduates, who founded dozens of successful companies, including the RAD Group. The brothers maintain close connections with the Technion to this day – a relationship that has included the \u00a0establishment the Zisapel Center for Nanoelectronics. <\/span><\/p>\n

Reem and Amiad Younis <\/b><\/p>\n

Reem and Amiad have worked to promote Israel\u2019s Arab communities in the industrial sector. The couple founded Alpha Omega, which develops and distributes medical equipment for brain surgery and the treatment of neurological diseases. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Shimon Eckhouse<\/b><\/p>\n

Technion graduate Shimon Eckhouse is a serial entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of medical devices. Dr. Eckhouse is the founder of Lumenis, Syneron Medical, and a number of other companies. Today, he supports early-stage startups through the startup incubator Alon Medtech Ventures. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dan Propper<\/b><\/p>\n

Osem managing director and board chairman Dan Propper is also a Technion graduate. Besides managing Osem, which currently employs approximately 5,000 people throughout Israel, Propper has made large contributions to Israel\u2019s industrial sector in his role as the president of the Manufacturers\u2019 Association of Israel. <\/span><\/p>\n

The list\u2019s remaining five leaders include ISCAR Metalworking founder Stef Wertheimer, Ackerstein Industries founder Giora Ackerstein, former Chairwoman of Intel Israel Maxine Fassberg, Amdocs founder Morris Kahn, and founder of Keter Plastic, Sami Sagol. <\/span><\/p>\n

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