Edouard Cukierman

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Edouard Cukiermann

Édouard Cukierman ( Hebrew אדוארד צוקרמן, born March 13, 1965 in Paris ) is a French - Israeli businessman and the host of the international business conferences Go4Israel, Go4Europe and Go4China. Invited persons are politicians and entrepreneurs, including state presidents and ministers. He is a representative of " Economic Zionism ". Cukierman's venture capital fund Astra Technological Investissements is the "first Israeli company in Europe". Cukierman & Co. Investment House is the “leading Israeli investment house” and had turnover of over 3 billion euros in 2012 and over 5.5 billion euros in 2015 in investment banking transactions.

With his projects Go4Israel, Go4Europe and Go4China bilateral investments in the billions are made.

family

Édouard Cukierman was born as the son of the French Roger Cukierman and the Israeli Schoschana Goldhart. Édouard Cukierman attended the Maimonides School in Paris and spent every summer in Israel with his maternal grandmother. In 1983 he finally emigrated to Israel as part of the Aliyah , where he acquired Israeli citizenship. At the Technion in Haifa , which he with a Bachelor of Science graduated, he met his future wife. He then did his military service with the Zahal . He received an MBA from Insead .

Édouard Cukierman is the father of three sons.

Act

Cukierman is the managing director of the investment house Cukierman & Co. and, together with Ja'ir Schamir, managing director of its private equity fund Catalyst.

Since its inception in 1993, Cukierman & Co. Investment House has turned over € 3 billion in investment banking transactions.

Édouard Cukierman also owns the venture capital fund Astra Technological Investissements : "First Israeli company in Europe".

He is president of the Comite Européen pour la High Tech Israel Association and vice-president of the Fondation France-Israël .

Go4Europe / Go4Israel

The investment house Cukierman & Co. and its private equity fund Catalyst organize the international business conference Go4Israel (formerly known as "Go4Europe"). You want Israel to eventually become a strategic partner for Europe in the energy sector. Édouard Cukierman is hosting this international business conference Go4Israel. Invited persons are politicians and entrepreneurs, including presidents and ministers: Benjamin Netanyahu , Ariel Sharon , David de Rothschild , Maurice Levy , Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , Nicolas Sarkozy and numerous members of the Knesset . Partners such as TEVA , NYSE Euronext , LSE , Crédit Agricole , HSBC , Credit Suisse , Nokia , PWC , Deloitte , France Telecom , Deutsche Telekom , Alcatel , Schneider Electric , Veolia , Sanofi-Aventis , accompany and promote the “growing success” of the conference . Novartis , Nathan Mayer Rothschild & Sons and Publicis .

Cukierman's Go4Europe project is considered one of the top investment events in Israel. Sponsors include NYSE Euronext , Medtronic , KPMG , Rusnano , Novartis, France Telecom and more.

Cukierman works "as a kind of matchmaker" to bring foreign investors together with Israeli technology companies. Cukierman's company also acts as a law firm to negotiate contracts between the parties. In 2012 more than 1,200 people were involved, including 400 from Europe.

Go4China

His society has succeeded in establishing links between Israel's economy and Europe, and is now also creating links between the Israeli economy and the BRICS countries . "Cukierman's company implements bilateral funds with the three emerging countries (China, Brazil and Russia) to finance Israeli companies for their investments in these emerging markets."

Go4China is based on Cukierman's Go4Europe project, which has been attracting European investors to Israel since 1997. "Edouard Cukierman hosted 20 Chinese billionaires at the first Go4China event in November 2012 to encourage the Chinese to invest in Israel."

Publications

  • With Daniel Rouach: Israël Valley: le bouclier technologique de l'innovation. Pearson, Montreuil 2013, ISBN 978-2-7440-6496-8 .

Individual evidence

Commons : Edouard Cukierman  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  1. ^ Elka Looks: French businessman rebrands Israel with 'Economic Zionism'. In: Haaretz.com. October 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Lionel Yrhi: Dans la Lancee de "Meet the Leaders", [...]. December 21, 2012. “[…] première société Israélienne cotée en Europe continentale” ( lepetitjournal.com ).
  3. ↑ About us. On: cukierman.co.il. "[...] is the leading Israeli investment house."
  4. ↑ a b Lionel Yrhi: Dans la Lancee de "Meet the Leaders", [...]. December 21, 2012. "[…] Cukierman & Co. Investment House a réalisé plus de 3 milliards d'euros de transactions en banque d'affaires." ( lepetitjournal.com ).
  5. ↑ About us. On: cukierman.co.il. “With almost US $ 5.5B in completed transactions, we have one of the largest corporate finance teams in Israel, with dedicated experts in the life sciences; Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT); Green Technology and Real Estate industries. "
  6. ^ Abigail Klein Leichman: The man who sells Europe on Israel. 5th December 2012.
  7. ^ Cukierman & Co. - Edouard Cukierman, Chairman.
  8. ^ Abigail Klein Leichman: The man who sells Europe on Israel. December 5, 2012. "Cukierman jokes that their three boys (aged 17, 14 and 11) are nicknamed" chocolate, "" mocha "and" vanilla "for the differing skin shades each son inherited from the gene pool."
  9. ↑ Edouard Cukierman, Daniel Rouach: Israël Valley: le bouclier technologique de l'innovation. Pearson, Paris 2013: [dedication] «Edouard: Je dédie ce livre à ma famille, et en particulier à mes parents, à Galia, à Daniel, Michael et Ariel. » Online
  10. ↑ Go4Israel - formerly known as the Go4Europe Business Conference. Organized by Cukierman & Co. Investment House Ltd. and Catalyst Fund. ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: go4eu.com.
  11. ^ Jewish News. October 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ Go4Israel - Bringing Israel to the world and the world to Israel. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: hsk-con.de. 11th August 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hsk-con.de
  13. ↑ David Shamah: Chinese billionaires to bring their wallets to Israel. An investment firm will be bringing 20 investors from China to Israel this fall in order to introduce them to high-tech investment possibilities. In: TimesOfIsrael.com. July 23, 2012.
  14. ↑ Chine, Brésil et Russie: Edouard Cukierman monte des fonds bilatéraux. ( Memento of May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) On: israelvalley.com. «[…], The société réalise des Fonds bilatéraux avec trois pays émergents, Chine, Brésil et Russie. Cela représente un grand changement pour Catalyst Equity Management, puisqu'il s'agit de permettre aux entreprises Israéliennes de financer leur déploiement dans ces marches émergents. »
  15. ↑ Youval Barzilaï: Edouard Cukierman et Daniel Rouach: Un livre sur l'ADN HighTech d'Israël va paraître chez Pearson. ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: IsraelValley.com. May 3, 2013.
  16. ↑ David Shamah: Chinese billionaires to bring their wallets to Israel. An investment firm will be bringing 20 investors from China to Israel this fall in order to introduce them to high-tech investment possibilities. In: TimesOfIsrael.com. July 23, 2012. "[...] Edouard Cukierman [...] help Chinese investors find opportunities in Israel, Cukierman will be hosting 20 Chinese billionaires this November at the first Go4China event."
personal data
SURNAME Cukierman, Edouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Israeli businessman
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris