Shlomo Kalish

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Shlomo Kalish
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Born1952 (age 68–69)
Haifa, Israel
NationalityIsrael
OccupationHi-Tech Investor
Known forWork in Mathematical Economics

Shlomo Kalish, Ph.D., is the Founder and Managing Partner at Jerusalem Global Ventures.[1]

Early life[]

Shlomo Kalish was born in 1952 in Haifa, Israel to Issacher Dov and Haya Kalish- both Holocaust survivors.[2] Kalish served as a fighter pilot from 1971–1975, which included the Yom Kippur War.[3]

Education[]

In 1977, Kalish received a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University.[2] He completed an M.Sc. and a PhD at MIT's Sloan School [4] In 1981 he began teaching at the University of Rochester. In 1985 he joined the Management Faculty of Tel Aviv University,[2] and established a hi-tech consulting business.[3]

Career[]

In 1999 Kalish founded Jerusalem Global Ventures, a Jerusalem-based VC.[citation needed] Kalish also served as General Partner of Concord Ventures I, LP from 1997-1999.[4] Kalish led investments in Saifun Semiconductors, Oridion Medical, Oren Semiconductors, Creo, QXL, Mellanox Technologies, Picturevision and Galileo.[5] In 1999, Kalish also founded Yazam.com, one of the first accelerators aimed at internet projects in Israel.[3] Yazam was later sold to U.S. Technologies.

In 2007, Kalish was ranked number 39 on the Forbes Midas List,[6] and first for the Israelis on the list by Forbes Magazine. Kalish was a Managing Partner at Vaizra Israel from 2010-2016,[1] a division of Vaizra Investments. Vaizra was founded by Yitzhak (Viatcheslav) Mirilashvili, a former founder of VKontakte.[5]

Community[]

Shlomo Kalish is a board member at the charity Shalom Beineinu, which he founded.[7] He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Shlomo Kalish".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Manfredi, P.S. (Winter 2004). "Dr. Shlomo Kalish". Lifestyles Magazine. 33 (194): 37–40.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "רב, מיליונר, טייס קרב, פרופסור: הכירו את החב"דניק של תעשיית ההיי-טק". Mako. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Shlomo Kalish Ph.D." Business Week. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "הרב שלמה קליש מסתער על ההייטק הישראלי". CalCalist. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "#39 Shlomo Kalish". Forbes. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Shlomo Kalish". Shalom Beinenu. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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