Huge companies have development and research centers in Israel. These centers are very strategic and have Israeli leadership running them
[<a href=”//storify.com/OurCrowdIsrael/reverse-aliyah-time-is-right-for-israeli-ceos” target=”_blank”>View the story “Reverse Aliyah: Time is right for Israeli CEOs” on Storify</a>]<br /> <h1>Reverse Aliyah: Time is right for Israeli CEOs</h1> <h2>Will an Israeli replace Intel’s Paul Otellini as the chip firm’s new CEO?</h2> <p>Storified by OurCrowd Israel · Wed, Nov 21 2012 03:59:10</p> <div> <p>Huge companies have development and research centers in Israel. These centers are very strategic and have Israeli leadership running them</p> <p>. </p> <p>Microsoft has an <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/israel/rnd/” class=””>R&D center in Hertziliya</a>Intel has and <a href=”https://blog.ourcrowd.com/index.php/2012/11/19/does-conflict-halt-israels-growth/” class=””>R&D center in Haifa</a>Apple is planning on opening a <a href=”http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150728″ class=””>center in Israel</a>Google has <a href=”https://sites.google.com/site/haifardcenteropenhouse/about-the-r-d-center” class=””>R&D centers in Tel Aviv and Haifa</a>. <br> <p>Although these R&D centers have Israeli leadership and have a huge impact on the performance of the company, we have yet to see anyone from these companies take a CEO position.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Shmuel “Mooly” Eden served as Corporate Vice President of Intel Corp. from December 2005 to January 2012 and its General Manager of PC Client Group from 2009 to January 2012, and now serves as the CEO of Intel Israel. With the nearing retirement of Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini, it begs the question: who is next in line? </p> <h2><b>Israel is the present and future of Intel</b><br></h2> <p>It is a reasonable assumption that Eden could very well be the next CEO of Intel. Intel Israel is one of Israel’s largest private sector employers, <a href=”http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/david-s-harp/the-intel-inside-us-1.460122″ class=””>employing over 8,000 people with an average export of $2.5 billion annually</a> in the last two years! Yet exporting $2.5 billion annually may not be a direct correlation to the quality of the CEO. </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> </div> <div>Israel Intel Spotisraelucf</div> <div>A CEO must have courage and the strength to innovate in times where innovation doesn’t seem necessary. That is exactly what Eden did. In 2000, Intel Israel developed a chip that is responsible for <a href=”http://qz.com/29176/why-intels-next-ceo-should-come-from-israel/” class=””>nearly 50% of Intel’s profits</a>. Otellini has been the CEO for 40 years, but in the last year, the stock price has fallen over 30 percent <a href=”https://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:INTC” class=””>from $29 to $19</a>. The company is in desperate need of a new CEO, with the courage and strength to keep the company pumping. It is very likely that we will see Eden as the new CEO of Intel in the near future. </div> <div>Israeli CEOs chime in</div> <div>RT @AmirOrad: Great article: Why Intel’s next CEO should come from Israel. http://qz.com/29176/why-intels-next-ceo-should-come-from-israel/ #intel #israel #startupnation #hitech @amiroradOurCrowd Israel</div> <div> <p><br></p> <h2><b>Reverse Aliyah: Israeli CEOs to the world</b></h2> <p><b><br></b></p> <p>It is time that the leadership in Israel that has become the backbone of many companies move to higher positions with more responsibility. I firmly believe that what we are witnessing now with Intel could start a trend that ends with more Israelis becoming CEO’s. </p> <p><br></p> </div> <div>New report names #Israel "World’s #2 #startup ecosystem, serious contender to #siliconvalley" http://bit.ly/SbgIYP Rockon #StartupNation!Jon Medved</div> <div>Israeli companies lead the world in innovation. The people who run them are some of the smartest and creative around. It’s time this talent is unleashed on a global scale. That’s why we invest in the StartupNation at <a href=”http://ourcrowd.com/” class=””>Ourcrowd</a>. <br></div> <div>Elan Yudkowsky is an intern at OurCrowd. He’ll be attending the University of Maryland this Spring.</div> <div>Elan Yudkowsky | LinkedInView Elan Yudkowsky&#39;s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world&#39;s largest business network, helping professionals…</div>
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