Yosef Abramowitz
Yosef Abramowitz | |
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 Abramowitz in 2006 | |
| Born | May 1964 (age 60) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American-Israeli |
| Education | Boston University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Occupation | Solar energy entrepreneur Environmental acitivist |
| Organization(s) | Gigawatt Global (co-founder, CEO)[1] |
| Spouse | Susan Silverman (1992-present) |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (nominated) |
Yosef Abramowitz (born 1964) is an Israeli-American environmentalist and solar energy advocate. He is president and CEO of Energiya Global Capital as well as co-founder of the Arava Power Company.[2]
Biography
[edit]Abramowitz was born the United States to a Jewish family. He lived in Israel as a child from 1969 to 1972, before returning to Boston. While living in Massachusetts, he attended the Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston, and graduated in 1980 from Hebrew College Prozdor and in 1982 from Brookline High School.[citation needed] He received a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Public Policy from Boston University in 1986, where he studied under Elie Wiesel, Howard Zinn and Hillel Levine, and a Master of Arts in Magazine Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991, which he attended on a Wexner Graduate Fellowship.[3] He is married to Rabbi Susan Silverman with whom he has five children.[2]
In 2006, he moved from Newton, Massachusetts to Kibbutz Ketura.[4]
Business career
[edit]Abramowitz is the president and CEO of an investment platform Energiya Global Capital which finances green energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa[2] He was President of the Arava Power Company (2006–2013) and then CEO and President of Energiya Global (2011–) founding both companies with partners David Rosenblatt of New Jersey and Ed Hofland of Kibbutz Ketura.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Solomon, Shoshanna. (2 June 2016) Israel solar guru promises more plants in US, Africa. Times of Israel. Retrieved on 15 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Friedson, Felice (28 April 2021). "Israel Could Be a 'Superpower of Goodness,' Says Presidential Hopeful Yosef Abramowitz". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Yosef Abramowitz Profile". 16 August 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Troy, Gil (14 June 2011). "Is Israel bright enough to become a renewable Light unto the Nations?". Comments and Features. The Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem, Israel. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Arava Power launches Israel's first solar field - Enviro-Tech - Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post.
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- Living people
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- 20th-century American Jews
- American emigrants to Israel
- Israeli Reform Jews
- Israeli environmentalists
- Israeli chief executives
- Boston University alumni
- Businesspeople from Boston
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- Bonei Zion Prize recipients
- 21st-century American Jews