page_title: Zohar Zisapel
section_title: Charitable work
hierarchical_section_title: Zohar Zisapel / Business philosophy and corporate values / Charitable work
caption_attribution_description: English: Zohar Zisapel at "Beit Taf"
context_page_description: Zohar Zisapel, is a successful Israeli entrepreneur in Israel’s advanced high-tech industry, sometimes referred to as "the Bill Gates of Israel." The RAD Group of companies he co-founded with his brother, Yehuda, has been called "the world's most successful incubator" of telecom-related start-ups by Business 2.0 magazine.
  The RAD Group employs 4,500 people and closed 2015 with a total of $1.234 billion in global sales. Four RAD Group companies are currently traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange: Ceragon Networks, Radware, RADCOM, and Silicom.
context_section_description: One of Zisapel’s charitable contributions is to donate fully equipped computer rooms to educational institutions that serve children at risk and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. More than ten such projects are undertaken each year by RAD at a cost of approximately $500,000 annually. Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel have also donated $4.5 million to establish the Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center at their alma mater, the Technion, named in memory of their parents.
caption: Zohar Zisapel at a residence for children at risk
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