Yifat Oron was previously the CEO of LeumiTech, a subsidiary of Bank Leumi.
Blackstone, a New York-listed alternative investments manager, has hired Yifat Oron as a senior managing director and head of the firm’s new office in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Oron was the CEO of LeumiTech, a subsidiary of Bank Leumi, and, earlier, a partner at Vertex Venture Capital, an Israel-based venture fund subsidiary of Singapore state-backed Temasek.
She will lead Blackstone’s growth and tech investments in Israel.
Blackstone recently completed the final close of its oversubscribed, inaugural $4.5bn…
