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12 Facts About Danna Azrieli

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Danna Azrieli Hakim is an Israeli real-estate developer, and philanthropist.

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Danna Azrieli is the youngest daughter of Stephanie Lefcort Azrieli and David Azrieli, Canadian real estate developer.

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Danna Azrieli attended Herzliah High School and holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, from Swarthmore College in 1990, and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School, in 1993.

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From 2006, Danna Azrieli was a director of Granite HaCarmel, and of its subsidiaries, Tambour, Sonol, Supergas and GES.

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Danna Azrieli was appointed as deputy Chairwoman of the Danna Azrieli Group in 2010, when the company went public.

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Danna Azrieli went on to act as Chairwoman of the Azrieli group in 2014 and was officially appointed to the role following her father's death in July of that year.

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In 2016, Danna Azrieli Group launched an Omnichannel ecommerce website, azrieli.

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The program is currently managed by Darca schools, where Danna Azrieli serves as a board member.

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The Danna Azrieli Foundation committed NIS 110 million to support the Empowerment Program and has recently donated another NIS 10 million for the "ELA" Educational Leadership Accelerator program.

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In 2018, Danna Azrieli was the Israeli Chair of the General Assembly of the Jewish Federation Annual Meeting in Israel.

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Danna Azrieli sits on a number of boards including the International Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University, and the board of the Holocaust Claims Conference, which promotes Shoah education and research and provides grants to organizations that assist Holocaust survivors around the world.

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Danna Azrieli is known for speaking about her father, who was a Holocaust survivor.