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Danna Azrieli
Born(1967-06-03)June 3, 1967
Montreal, Canada
NationalityIsrael
EducationSwarthmore College (B.A.)
Vermont Law School (Juris Doctor (JD))
Occupation(s)Real estate developer and philanthropist
Parent(s)David Azrieli, Stephanie Lefcort
FamilyNaomi Azrieli, Sharon Azrieli, Rafael Azrieli[1]

Danna Azrieli Hakim (Template:Lang-he; born 3 June 1967; Montreal, Canada) is a Israeli real estate developer, and philanthropist. Since 2014 Azrieli has been Chairwoman of Azrieli Group,[3][4] Israeli real estate and holding company, taking over from her father, David Azrieli, on his passing in 2014. Azrieli is also Chairwoman of the Azrieli Foundation - Israel, and a board member of the Azrieli Foundation Canada. She also board member of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, and the Darca schools. She has an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion.[2]

Early life and education

Azrieli was born in Montreal, Canada. She is the youngest daughter of Stephanie and the late David Azrieli, Canadian real estate developer, and philanthropist.[5][6] She holds a B.A in Sociology and Anthropology, from Swarthmore College in 1990, and a Juris Doctor (JD) from Vermont Law School, in1993. Upon immigrating to Israel, Azrieli worked at Gornitzky & Co..[3][7]

Career

Before becoming chairperson of Azrieli Group, Azrieli had worked in the family business for 15 years, initially managing the business in the United States before immigrating to Israel in 2004. Azrieli has been board member of Azrieli Group since the company went public in 2010, and Appointed deputy chairmen in 2012.between the years 2007-2013 she served as chairwoman of the international board of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.[7] Azrieli went on to act as chairwomon in 2014 due to her father’s ill health and was later officially appointed to the role upon his death.[8]

In 2014, Azrieli was appointed as Active Chairwoman of the Company's board of directors, after many years in which she served in key positions in the Group. Under the leadership of Danna Azrieli, the company increased it's value from 12 billion nis, to a value of 37 billion[9][7] In 2016 Azrieli Group launch azrieli.com ecommerce website.[10] In July 2019, Azrieli entered the data centers field and acquired 24% of the US-based company Compass for $200 million.[11][12][13] In July 2021 Azrieli acquired Norwegian data centers company Green Mountain Data Centers for NIS 2.3b.[14] Under the management of Danna Azrieli, Azrieli Group build Azrieli Sarona Tower, skyscraper in the Sarona neighborhood, Tel Aviv, Israel[15][16] also the developments of Senior Housing, Palace Modiin and Lahavim Senior Housing Facilities.[17] also the Company entered new sectors, including data centers, Senior Housing, hotels, rental housing sectors.[18][19][20][21]

Philanthropy

Azrieli is the Chairwoman of the Israeli Azrieli Foundation, that support of a number of education programs, universities, research institutes and medical centres.[3][22] In 2017 Azrieli Foundation donates $50 million to Bar-Ilan University Galilee Faculty of Medicine in Safed, and renamed to Azrieli Faculty of Medicine.[23] In 2018, the Azrieli Foundation announced that it would donate NIS 110 million over five years as part of an alliance agreement with Darca schools.[24] In 2021, the foundation made two donations to medical research - one of NIS 40 million to Autism Research at the National Autism Research Centre of Israel (NARCI),[25] and another of $50 million USD to the Weizmann Institute of Science to establish the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences.[26] Azrieli is also board member of the Azrieli Foundation Canada, and board member of Darca schools.[27]

Personal life

Azrieli is married to Danny Hakim, they have two daughters.

Books

See also

References

  1. ^ "Making Philanthropy a Family Endeavour" by Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2012
  2. ^ a b Forbes: The World's Billionaires: Danna Azrieli November 2021
  3. ^ a b c Danna Hakim Azrieli – Chairman, Azrieli Group Ltd, Bloomberg
  4. ^ Company Website, Azrieli Group Website
  5. ^ "David Azrieli, a master at beating adversity". Financial Post. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  6. ^ "Interview: David Azrieli". Hadassah Magazine. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. ^ a b c Shlomit Lan and Hadas Magen, The Heiress to the Azrieli Empire, Globes English Website, August 12, 2014
  8. ^ Danna Azrieli steps in to replace ailing father, Globes, 3 July 2014
  9. ^ Azrieli Group Ltd - Company Info, Bloomberg
  10. ^ Azrieli.com Website
  11. ^ Aviv Levy and Shany Moses, Azrieli invests $135m in North American data centers, Globes Website, July 18, 2019
  12. ^ Reuters Staff, Israel's Azrieli buys stake in data centers firm Compass for $135 million, Reuters Website, July 18, 2020
  13. ^ Omri Zerachovitz (August 2, 2020). "Amazon in talks to build three Israel data centers for NIS 1b". Globes. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  14. ^ Omri Cohen, Azrieli Group buys Norwegian data centers co for NIS 2.3b, Globes Website, July 19, 2021
  15. ^ "Azrieli Sarona". The Skyscraper Center.
  16. ^ "tower's plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  17. ^ Shlomit Tsur, Azrieli opens Modi'in sheltered housing project, Globes English Website, October 8, 2018
  18. ^ Shlomit Tsur, Work begins on Azrieli Center's 'spiral' tower, Globes Website, December 19, 2018
  19. ^ India Block, KPF unveils scrolling supernal Tel Aviv skyscraper that will be Israel's tallest building, January 4, 2019, dezeen website
  20. ^ Naama Barak, Israel's tallest tower to be added to Tel Aviv landmark, Israel21C, December 27, 2018
  21. ^ Tofi Stoler and Billy Frenkel, Scrapped London Skyscraper Set to Dominate Tel Aviv Skyline, Calcalistech website, December 20, 2018
  22. ^ Azrieli Foundation Israel Website
  23. ^ Judy Sirgel-Itzkovich, Azrieli Foundation donates $50 million, The Jerusalem Post, 16 November 2017
  24. ^ The Azrieli Foundation and the Darca Schools Announce a New Strategic Alliance, Darca schools Website, 2018
  25. ^ The Azrieli Foundation Announces NIS 40 Million Donation for National Autism Research at BGU and SUMC, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Website, 1 November, 2021
  26. ^ Azrieli Foundation donates $50m. to Weizmann Institute for new neuroscience center, Jerusalem Post, 10 November 2021
  27. ^ Board of Directors, Darca schools website


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