Yosef Abramowitz | |
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 Abramowitz in 2006 | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) United States |
| Nationality | American-Israeli |
| Education | Boston University |
| Occupation | Business leader |
| Spouse | Susan Silverman |
| Children | 5 |
Yosef Abramowitz (born 1964) is an Israeli-American environmentalist and solar energy advocate. He is president and CEO of Energiya Global Capital as well as co-founder of the Arava Power Company. [1]
Abramowitz was born the United States to a Jewish family. He lived in Israel as a child from 1969 to 1972, before returning to Boston. While living in Massachusetts, he attended the Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston, and graduated in 1980 from Hebrew College Prozdor and in 1982 from Brookline High School.[ citation needed ] He received a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Public Policy from Boston University in 1986, where he studied under Elie Wiesel, Howard Zinn and Hillel Levine, and a Master of Arts in Magazine Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991, which he attended on a Wexner Graduate Fellowship. [2] He is married to Rabbi Susan Silverman with whom he has five children. [1]
In 2006, he moved from Newton, Massachusetts to Kibbutz Ketura. [3]
Abramowitz is the president and CEO of an investment platform Energiya Global Capital which finances green energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa [1] He was President of the Arava Power Company (2006–2013) and then CEO and President of Energiya Global (2011–) founding both companies with partners David Rosenblatt of New Jersey and Ed Hofland of Kibbutz Ketura. [4]
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