Ishay Davidi

Ishay Davidi was born in 1962 in Ramat HaSharon

Davidi was born in 1962 and grew up in the Rasco neighborhood of Ramat HaSharon. His father was an architect and an amateur painter. As a young man he did manual jobs such as roofing and gardening, and in high school he began trading small amounts of stock.

He served as a fighter and officer in Sayeret Matkal and fought in the First Lebanon War. After the army he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management at Tel Aviv University and an MBA at Bar-Ilan University.

He began at a business consulting firm and later managed several companies. From 1991 to 1993 he was CEO of Zer Hi-Tech Industries, and in 1993 he became CEO of the Tamir venture fund set up by Sanford Bernstein. In 1996 he founded FIMI, the first private equity fund in Israel, which buys control of mature companies and takes part in running them.

He has served on the board of the ELEM association for youth at risk and donates to medical, children's and cultural causes. He received an award from the America-Israel Friendship League in 2013 and the BDO award in 2015. He lives in Hod HaSharon, is married to Shira, and they have 3 daughters.