Giora Yaron

Giora Yaron (Hebrew: גיורא ירון; born 1948) is a doctor of physics, businessman, and chairman of the board of directors of the Tel Aviv University.

Early years

Yaron was born in Kibbutz, Manara to Dan and Giza Yaron. In the IDF, Yaron served in the 12th Battalion (Barak) of the Golani Brigade, and completed an officers' course. He holds a BA (Graduated summa cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics and a PhD in applied physics from the Hebrew University. In 1992, he managed the Indigo digital printing company (founded by Benny Landa) in Ness Ziona, and in 1994 led it to an IPO on NASDAQ.

Establishment of companies

• Itamar Medical – 1997-2022, founder and chairman.
• P-Cube – 1999-2004, co-founder and chairman.
• Qwilt – 2010-Today, co-founder and board member.
• Hyperwise- Founding Investor and board member.
• Siraj Technologies – 2017-Today, co-founder and chairman.

Business exits

Yaron was involved in a few exits. such as:

• Comsys - Part of Comsys was sold to Conexant (1996). The other part was sold to Texas Instruments (2005).
• P-Cube - sold to Cisco(2004).
• Qumranet - sold to Red Hat (2008)
• Hyperwise - sold to Check Point (2015)

Past and present senior positions

• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tel Aviv University (2010-2018)
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itamar Medical (since 1997)
• Member of the Board of Directors of Amdocs (since 2009)
• Member of the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Defense on technological aspects of commemoration
• Member of the Board of Directors of Qwilt, Excelero, Equalum.

Personal life

Yaron lives in Caesarea. His wife Zila passed away in 2024. In her memory, he established the Zila Yaron Prize, awarded to an Israeli artist who lives and works in Israel.

References

External links

• Giora Yaron PhD
• Researchgate profile
• גיורא ירון, ממייסדי ההייטק הישראלי, יוצא לחבר את הבדואים לתעשייה