Primary Job Title Chairman Primary Organization The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
Gender Male
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Yossie Hollander is a high-tech entrepreneur and investor and one of the pioneers of Israel’s software industry. In 1982, he founded the 4th Dimension Software Ltd. (4D) – later named New Dimension Software Ltd – an enterprise system and management software company, which he managed until 1994. The company went public on NASDAQ in 1992 and was
sold to BMC Software in 1999 for $650 million.
Yossie founded and invested in many software companies, among them, in 1990 Hollander and his brother Gideon established Jacada, a software company which provides unified desktop and process optimization software solutions for the customer service and support market. Hollander served as Chairman of the company’s Board from 1995-2007, and continues today as a member of the board of directors. The company went public on NASDAQ in 1999.
In the past decade, Hollander has devoted much of his time to public and philanthropic activity. As a son of Holocaust survivors, Hollander supports Yad Vashem, ADL, the Shoah Foundation and additional organizations involved in the subject. Hollander is the main supporter of the Yad Vashem project of collection of all the names of people who perished in the Holocaust. He initiated and supports Echoes and Reflections – the largest Holocaust education program in the US. He serves on the National board of ADL and as a member of the board of USC Shoah Foundation and is a member of the Board of Councilors of USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Yossie Hollander joined the Weizmann Institute’s International Board in 2001. His decade-long philanthropy has given invaluable impetus to the Institute’s work in proteomics with the creation of the national-level Israel Structural Proteomic Center. A few years ago, he initiated among Weizmann Institute scientists a “brain-storming” focused on alternative energy possibilities. This cross-disciplinary exchange resulted in the Alternative Energy Research Initiative, which has benefited from his own generous philanthropy and the ensuing support from additional donors.