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Israel Makov
Chairman, Given Imaging, and Former President and CEO, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
Israel Makov is Chairman of Given Imaging — the pioneer developer and world leading provider of capsule endoscopy. Makov is the former President & CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., where he currently serves as an advisor to the Board of Directors. Since he joined Teva in 1995, Makov led the company’s global expansion, playing a key role in over 12 acquisitions—including the acquisition of Ivax for $7.8 billion, then the largest M&A deal in Israeli history.
During Makov’s five year tenure as CEO, the company’s sales increased over four-fold, to approximately $8.5 billion, and its adjusted net income increased approximately six-fold, to over $1.8 billion—making Teva the largest Israeli corporation, and the undisputed leader in the global generic pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Teva, Makov led a number of companies in various industries, including founding Israel’s first biotech company, Interpharm, which went public in the US.
Makov is a member of the Board of Directors of the Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, an initiative he also helped found. He is on the Board of Governors of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, the Weizmann Institute of Science, President of the Friends of Schnieder Children’s Medical Center of Israel, and Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya.
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