1. Morris Kahn is an Israeli billionaire entrepreneur.
18 Facts About Morris Kahn
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Morris Kahn is the founder of Golden Pages Israel, Amdocs, the Aurec Group, Coral World and other companies.
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Morris Kahn received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa from the University of Haifa, 2024.
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Morris Kahn was born in March 1930 in Benoni, South Africa, to a Jewish family.
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Morris Kahn is the eldest child of Philip and Beattie Kahn.
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Morris Kahn was an active member of the Zionist youth group, Habonim.
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In 1956, Kahn moved from South Africa to Israel with his wife, Jacqueline Maloon, and their two sons, Benjamin and David.
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Morris Kahn is a principal investor in Aurum Ventures and the clean tech water company Atlantium, that uses UV rays to disinfect water, and N-Trig, a manufacturer of multi-touch screens for computers.
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Time to Know is a digital education platform which Morris Kahn first launched as a nonprofit organization focused on improving grade school education.
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The Morris Kahn Initiative is a $4 million program to help develop pioneering cancer research at Tel Aviv University.
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Morris Kahn founded Zalul in 1999, a non-profit foundation which cleans bodies of water in Israel.
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Morris Kahn was the main donor of SpaceIL, the first private company that managed a lunar mission - Beresheet.
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Morris Kahn is a supporter of Ben-Gurion University and the National Institute for Biotechnology of the Negev.
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Morris Kahn was named honorary president of the 20th Maccabiah by Maccabi World Union Chairman Yair Hamburger in November 2016, and opened the Games in July, 2017 in Jerusalem.
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In 2018, Morris Kahn was given a Bonei Zion Prize Lifetime Achievement Award.
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In 2023, Morris Kahn was awarded an honorary doctorate by Tel Aviv University.
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Morris Kahn has two sons, David and Benjamin Morris Kahn, a marine biologist, who was a Time Magazine hero for his work on the environment.
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Morris Kahn was married to his late wife, Jacqueline, until the time of her death in 2011.