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The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B SectorLead story
Israeli Real Economy · Jul 19, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT

The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B Sector

Israeli hyperinflation peaked at ~450% in 1984. The kibbutz movement entered the late 1980s technically insolvent. The Kibbutz Arrangement, differential wages, and outside capital rebuilt the sector. Every subsequent kib…

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Gerald Schwartz: The Winnipeg Founder of Onex
Israeli Real Economy · Sep 15, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
Gerald Schwartz: The Winnipeg Founder of Onex

Gerald Schwartz founded Onex Corporation with 2 million dollars of his own money in 1983 and built it into a private equity firm managing tens of bill…

Renuar: Israel's Mid-Market Fashion Chain
Israeli Real Economy · Sep 15, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Renuar: Israel's Mid-Market Fashion Chain

A veteran mid-market Israeli fashion chain, founded 1993. Cited in 75% of fashion prompts but #1 in none — the Answer Index's clearest 'everywhere, fi…

Strauss Ranks #2 in Israeli Consumer Brand AI Index
Israeli Real Economy · Jul 21, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Strauss Ranks #2 in Israeli Consumer Brand AI Index

Strauss Group ranks #2 in the Olam Israeli Consumer Brand AI Citation Index 2026, with a Citation Share of 16.2% in Hebrew and 5.4% in English. Full s…

Eastern Pacific Shipping: Idan Ofer's Other Fleet
Israeli Real Economy · Sep 1, 2026, 4:13 AM EDT
Eastern Pacific Shipping: Idan Ofer's Other Fleet

Idan Ofer's Eastern Pacific Shipping is a 300-vessel Singapore fleet structurally separate from ZIM, which he also controls. EPS vessels have been dir…

The Four Operators Behind Wiz's $32B Exit
Israeli Real Economy · Jul 26, 2026, 8:19 AM EDT
The Four Operators Behind Wiz's $32B Exit

Wiz, founded by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Yinon Costica, and Roy Reznik, sold to Google for $32 billion in March 2026. This marks Israel's largest…

Lightricks: The Jerusalem Creative-AI Platform
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 12, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
Lightricks: The Jerusalem Creative-AI Platform

Founded 2013 by five Hebrew University PhD students in Jerusalem. $335M raised, $1.8B valuation. Facetune, Videoleap. AI-first enterprise pivot underw…