Zohar Yinon

Zohar Yinon was born in 1969

Zohar Yinon was born in Israel on November 25, 1969, to Nili and Micha Yinon. As a young boy he lived in New York for a time while his parents were on a mission abroad. He is married to Nurit Jacobs-Yinon, and they live in Shoham with their 4 children.

From 1987 to 1991 he served in the IDF air defense array as a Hawk missile battery commander. Between 1992 and 1999 he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration and an MBA at Bar-Ilan University.

From 1995 to 2001 he worked in the Budget Department of the Finance Ministry, first on health and then on the water sector. He was a member of the first medicines basket committee and a director of Mekorot.

He then held business roles at Shikun & Binui Holdings from 2001 to 2004, as finance VP at Israel Military Industries from 2004 to 2007, and as business development VP at Granite Hacarmel from 2007 to 2010. He also headed the Jerusalem water and sewage corporation Hagihon.

In 2018 he became director general of Bar-Ilan University, and in 2022 also its senior vice president. Since 2024 he has chaired the directors general forum of the university heads committee.