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Rebecka Belldegrun

Rebecka Belldegrun

American physician


Rebecka Belldegrun (born 1950), is a Finnish-born Israeli-American ophthalmologist, billionaire businesswoman and investor.

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Early life and education

Belldegrun was born in Helsinki, Finland to Pola and Shlomo Zabludowicz. Her younger brother is Poju Zabludowicz. She received her medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, and later completed her Ophthalmic Surgery residency in Israel, and her fellowship in corneal surgery at Harvard Medical School.[1]

Career

In 1986, Belldegrun founded Intertech Corporation, a New York-based real estate company specializing in real estate development, investments, and acquisitions. She expanded Intertech's businesses and holdings to include interests in high-tech, biotechnology, hotel management and industrial manufacturing in the United States, England, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Israel. She served as the president of the company until 2003.[2]

Belldegrun is the CEO and president of Bellco Capital, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm which she founded in 2003. Bellco Capital focuses on finding seed investments and experienced management to early-stage and start-up companies, as well as on leveraged acquisitions of, and growth equity investments in leading middle-market enterprises. The company's business transactions include international private equity investments in retail, high-tech, biotechnology and real estate.[3]

Board memberships

Belldegrun is a member of a number of boards, including:[2]

In the past, Belldegrun was a member of the following boards:[1]

Personal life

Belldegrun is married to Arie Belldegrun and together they have four children.[8] They reside in Bel Air,[9] an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles.

In 2021, in its annual ranking of the wealthiest people in Israel, Forbes Israel ranked Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun 36th with a personal net worth of $1.75 billion.[10] They have donated over $1 million to the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences,[11] and have donated a $5 million sculpture to LACMA.[12][13]


References

  1. "LACMA Announces The Appointment Of Two New Trustees". American Towns. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. "Rebecka Belldegrun M.D.", Businessweek. Retrieved on 25 June 2013.
  3. "About BabyFirstTV", BabyFirstTV. Retrieved on 25 June 2013.
  4. "Advisory Board". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. "Rebecka Belldegrun, M.D. : Kronos Bio". Kronos Bio. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. "Founders - Bellco Capital". Bellco Capital. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. "Arie Belldegrun, M.D.", USRF. Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
  8. "Architecture Project Entries 2003", AIANY, 2003. Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
  9. "עשירי ישראל 2021" (in Hebrew). Forbes. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. "$1M Lifetime Donors to the School of Arts and Sciences". University of Pennsylvania. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  11. "Smoke | LACMA Collections". LACMA. Retrieved 17 June 2016.



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