Longhornsg: Adding short description: "Israeli businessman"
{{Short description|Israeli businessman}}
'''Eyal Waldman''' is an Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and peace activist. In 1999, he co-founded chip maker [[Mellanox Technologies]], which was sold to [[Nvidia]] for $6.9 billion in 2019. Waldman received the [[Israel Prize]], Israel's highest civilian honor, in 2024.
==Biography==
Waldman served as an infantry officer in the [[Golani Brigade]] in the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last1=Guerin |first1=Orla |title=Eyal Waldman: Israeli tech billionaire hopes for peace despite daughter's killing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67679634 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[BBC]] |date=2023-12-12}}</ref> After the army, he studied for a degree in chemical engineering at the [[Technion-Israel Institute of Technology]] before moving to computer science. After receiving a master's degree in electrical engineering, Waldman began working for [[Intel]] in 1989. After four years at Intel, Waldman was the vice president of engineering at startup Galileo from 1993 to 1999.<ref name="HAprofile">{{cite news |last1=Gabison |first1=Yoram |title=Mellanox Boss Waldman: Israel’s $6.9 Billion Man |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...lion-man/0000017f-e6ea-da9b-a1ff-eeef348a0000 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=2019-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/mty4L |archive-date=2024-03-29}}</ref>
In 1999, Waldman co-founded Israeli chip maker [[Mellanox Technologies]] with three friends from Intel in [[Yokne’"*****"]], later selling the company for $6.8 billion to [[Nvidia]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Shoshanna |title=When a startup gets big, the environment gets rougher, says Mellanox CEO |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-m...ent-can-turn-hostile-mellanox-ceo-for-monday/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2017-12-26}}</ref><ref name="BBC" /> As part of the sale, Waldman received approximately $250 million from his 3.6% stake in the company. According to [[CTech]], Waldman is regarded as one of Israel's leading high tech entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ravet |first1=Hagar |title=Waldman to leave Mellanox two decades after founding unicorn |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3868752,00.html |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[CTech]] |date=2020-11-04}}</ref>
After leaving Nvidia in April 2020, Waldman founded Waldo Holdings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daughter murdered by Hamas, Israeli tech-billionaire maintains hope for two-state solution |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-778129 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Jerusalem Post]] |date=2023-12-15}}</ref>
==Activism and philanthropy==
Waldman supports the [[two state solution]]. After the [[October 7 attacks]], he stated that, " I hope in two to four years we'll be able to do peace and build two states for the two people and be able to live together next to each other."<ref name="BBC" />
Waldman is among a group of Israeli businessmen who are part of [[Breaking the Impasse]], a forum of Israelis and Palestinians in favor of advancing a diplomatic solution to the [[Israel-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-businesspeople-launch-peace-campaign-1.5316839|title=Israeli Businesspeople Launch Campaign for Peace With Palestinians|last=Coren|first=Ora|date=29 January 2014|work=Haaretz|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018072...unch-peace-campaign-1.5316839|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
At Mellanox, Waldman hired 200 engineers, including 20 in the Gaza Strip and 80 in the West Bank town of [[Rawabi]], in a belief that Israeli and Palestinians working together would lead to peace.<ref name="AJE">{{cite news |last1=Neuhauer |first1=Ian |title=‘Bulletproof’: The brief, beautiful life of Danielle Waldman |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/...-the-brief-beautiful-life-of-danielle-waldman |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Al Jazeera English]] |date=2023-11-25}}</ref><ref name="HAprofile" />
He opened a design center in Gaza and donated $360,000 to an oncology ward at a hospital in Gaza in 2020. He also created jobs for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="AJE" />
==Personal==
Waldman's youngest daughter Danielle Waldman and her boyfriend Noam Shai were two of the 364 people killed during the [[Nova music festival massacre]] during the [[October 7 attacks]]. When Waldman received word that Danielle was missing, he flew back to Israel from Indonesia and tracked her location via her [[Apple Watch]]. Her body was found on 9 October.<ref name="BBC" />
[[Jensen Huang]], CEO of Nvidia, sent a letter to employees in Israel offering support and condolences to Walman on the killing of his daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shulman |first1=Sophie |title=Nvidia’s Jensen Huang supports Israel amid “living nightmare”, mourns death of daughter of Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bjh175i11a |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[CTech]] |date=2023-10-13}}</ref>
In 2024, Waldman was announced as a recipient of the [[Israel Prize]], the country's highest civilian honor. Education Minister [[Yoav Kisch]] had previously requested that the prize committee not award the honor to Waldman due to his criticism of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and the [[Israeli judicial reform]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel Prize winners announced, among them Netanyahu critic Eyal Waldman |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-794209 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Jerusalem Post]] |date=2024-03-28}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Israel-Palestinian joint economic efforts]]
[[Category:Israel Prize recipients]]
[[Category:Intel people]]
[[Category:Israeli chief executives]]
[[Category:Israeli company founders]]
[[Category:Israeli computer scientists]]
[[Category:Israeli Jews]]
[[Category:Israeli activists]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Short description|Israeli businessman}}
'''Eyal Waldman''' is an Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and peace activist. In 1999, he co-founded chip maker [[Mellanox Technologies]], which was sold to [[Nvidia]] for $6.9 billion in 2019. Waldman received the [[Israel Prize]], Israel's highest civilian honor, in 2024.
==Biography==
Waldman served as an infantry officer in the [[Golani Brigade]] in the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last1=Guerin |first1=Orla |title=Eyal Waldman: Israeli tech billionaire hopes for peace despite daughter's killing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67679634 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[BBC]] |date=2023-12-12}}</ref> After the army, he studied for a degree in chemical engineering at the [[Technion-Israel Institute of Technology]] before moving to computer science. After receiving a master's degree in electrical engineering, Waldman began working for [[Intel]] in 1989. After four years at Intel, Waldman was the vice president of engineering at startup Galileo from 1993 to 1999.<ref name="HAprofile">{{cite news |last1=Gabison |first1=Yoram |title=Mellanox Boss Waldman: Israel’s $6.9 Billion Man |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...lion-man/0000017f-e6ea-da9b-a1ff-eeef348a0000 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=2019-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/mty4L |archive-date=2024-03-29}}</ref>
In 1999, Waldman co-founded Israeli chip maker [[Mellanox Technologies]] with three friends from Intel in [[Yokne’"*****"]], later selling the company for $6.8 billion to [[Nvidia]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Shoshanna |title=When a startup gets big, the environment gets rougher, says Mellanox CEO |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-m...ent-can-turn-hostile-mellanox-ceo-for-monday/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2017-12-26}}</ref><ref name="BBC" /> As part of the sale, Waldman received approximately $250 million from his 3.6% stake in the company. According to [[CTech]], Waldman is regarded as one of Israel's leading high tech entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ravet |first1=Hagar |title=Waldman to leave Mellanox two decades after founding unicorn |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3868752,00.html |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[CTech]] |date=2020-11-04}}</ref>
After leaving Nvidia in April 2020, Waldman founded Waldo Holdings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daughter murdered by Hamas, Israeli tech-billionaire maintains hope for two-state solution |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-778129 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Jerusalem Post]] |date=2023-12-15}}</ref>
==Activism and philanthropy==
Waldman supports the [[two state solution]]. After the [[October 7 attacks]], he stated that, " I hope in two to four years we'll be able to do peace and build two states for the two people and be able to live together next to each other."<ref name="BBC" />
Waldman is among a group of Israeli businessmen who are part of [[Breaking the Impasse]], a forum of Israelis and Palestinians in favor of advancing a diplomatic solution to the [[Israel-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-businesspeople-launch-peace-campaign-1.5316839|title=Israeli Businesspeople Launch Campaign for Peace With Palestinians|last=Coren|first=Ora|date=29 January 2014|work=Haaretz|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2018072...unch-peace-campaign-1.5316839|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
At Mellanox, Waldman hired 200 engineers, including 20 in the Gaza Strip and 80 in the West Bank town of [[Rawabi]], in a belief that Israeli and Palestinians working together would lead to peace.<ref name="AJE">{{cite news |last1=Neuhauer |first1=Ian |title=‘Bulletproof’: The brief, beautiful life of Danielle Waldman |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/...-the-brief-beautiful-life-of-danielle-waldman |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Al Jazeera English]] |date=2023-11-25}}</ref><ref name="HAprofile" />
He opened a design center in Gaza and donated $360,000 to an oncology ward at a hospital in Gaza in 2020. He also created jobs for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="AJE" />
==Personal==
Waldman's youngest daughter Danielle Waldman and her boyfriend Noam Shai were two of the 364 people killed during the [[Nova music festival massacre]] during the [[October 7 attacks]]. When Waldman received word that Danielle was missing, he flew back to Israel from Indonesia and tracked her location via her [[Apple Watch]]. Her body was found on 9 October.<ref name="BBC" />
[[Jensen Huang]], CEO of Nvidia, sent a letter to employees in Israel offering support and condolences to Walman on the killing of his daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shulman |first1=Sophie |title=Nvidia’s Jensen Huang supports Israel amid “living nightmare”, mourns death of daughter of Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bjh175i11a |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[CTech]] |date=2023-10-13}}</ref>
In 2024, Waldman was announced as a recipient of the [[Israel Prize]], the country's highest civilian honor. Education Minister [[Yoav Kisch]] had previously requested that the prize committee not award the honor to Waldman due to his criticism of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and the [[Israeli judicial reform]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel Prize winners announced, among them Netanyahu critic Eyal Waldman |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-794209 |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=[[Jerusalem Post]] |date=2024-03-28}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Israel-Palestinian joint economic efforts]]
[[Category:Israel Prize recipients]]
[[Category:Intel people]]
[[Category:Israeli chief executives]]
[[Category:Israeli company founders]]
[[Category:Israeli computer scientists]]
[[Category:Israeli Jews]]
[[Category:Israeli activists]]
Okumaya devam et...