Orit Gadiesh ( he, אורית גדיש born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and chairperson of

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Biography

Gadiesh was born in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, Israel, in 1951, the daughter of a

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-born

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

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Falk Gadiesh and his Ukrainian-born wife Pninah, a

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. After completing her compulsory service in the IDF, in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (; he, עֵזֶר וַיצְמָן ''Ezer Vaytsman''; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli A ...

, Gadiesh studied at

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Gadiesh graduated from

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA ...

in 1977 in the top 5 percent of her class (Baker Scholar) and was awarded the Brown prize for the most outstanding marketing student. ''

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'' has listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women four times since 2004. A frequent business speaker and journal contributor, Gadiesh is co-author of ''Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use''.

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Living people 1951 births Harvard Business School alumni Israeli business executives American people of Israeli descent People from Haifa Bain & Company American chairpersons of corporations 21st-century Israeli businesswomen 20th-century Israeli businesswomen {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub