Shlomo Kalish

Shlomo Kalish is an Israeli businessman. He is the Founder and Managing Partner at Jerusalem Global Ventures [1] and also a Managing Partner of Corundum Open Innovation Ltd.[2][3]

Shlomo Kalish
Born1952 (age 70–71)
Haifa, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationHi-Tech Investor
Known forWork in Mathematical Economics

Biography

Shlomo Kalish was born in 1952 in Haifa, Israel to Issacher Dov and Haya Kalish- both Holocaust survivors.[4] Kalish served as a fighter pilot from 1971–1975, which included the Yom Kippur War.[5]

In 1977, Kalish received a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University.[4] He completed an M.Sc. and a PhD at MIT's Sloan School [6] In 1981 he began teaching at the University of Rochester. In 1985 he joined the Management Faculty of Tel Aviv University,[4] and established a hi-tech consulting business.[5]

Business career

In 1999 Kalish founded Jerusalem Global Ventures, a Jerusalem-based VC. Kalish also served as General Partner of Concord Ventures I, LP from 1997-1999.[6] Kalish led investments in Saifun Semiconductors, Oridion Medical, Oren Semiconductors, Creo, QXL, Mellanox Technologies, Picturevision and Galileo.[7] In 1999, Kalish also founded Yazam.com, one of the accelerators aimed at internet projects in Israel.[5]

Community activism

Shlomo Kalish is a board member at the charity Shalom Beineinu, which he founded.[8]

References
  1. "Shlomo Kalish".
  2. "Corundum Open Innovation".
  3. "Corundum Innovation".
  4. Manfredi, P.S. (Winter 2004). "Dr. Shlomo Kalish". Lifestyles Magazine. 33 (194): 37–40.
  5. "רב, מיליונר, טייס קרב, פרופסור: הכירו את החב"דניק של תעשיית ההיי-טק". Mako. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. "Shlomo Kalish Ph.D." Business Week. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. "הרב שלמה קליש מסתער על ההייטק הישראלי". CalCalist. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  8. "Shlomo Kalish". Shalom Beinenu. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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