Rebecka Belldegrun

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Rebecka Belldegrun
Born
Rebecka Zabludowicz

1950 (age 7374)
Helsinki, Finland
CitizenshipIsraeli and American
Alma mater Sackler School of Medicine
Occupation(s) President and CEO of Bellco Capital
Years active1986–present
Spouse Arie Belldegrun
Children4
Parent(s)Pola and Shlomo Zabludowicz
Relatives Poju Zabludowicz (brother)
Anita Zabludowicz (sister-in-law)

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]

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