Danny Fishman

DFJ Tamir Fishman

Investment Committee

Biography

Founder and Joint CEO of the Tamir Fishman Group since its foundation in 1996.

Danny has more than 18 years of extensive experience in general management, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, real estate and asset management.

Danny has managed and overseen dozens of transactions totaling billions of dollars, including public offerings on the NASDAQ, European and Tel Aviv Stock Exchanges, deals, mergers & acquisitions and private offerings. He is one of the founders of the Eucalyptus Venture Capital Fund, Tamir Fishman II Venture Fund, DFJ Tamir-Fishman Venture Fund and co-founder and partner of Tamir Fishman Real Estate Fund. He also serves as a board and investment committee member of the funds.

In the past he served as Executive Vice President of Y.L.R. Capital Markets Group and CEO of Y.L.R. Investment Management. In that position, he established and managed private equity funds (Primavera, Charterhouse/Y.L.R.), invested in technology, consumer, retail and life sciences companies, and represented Y.L.R. on the boards of the companies. Danny was also engaged in investment banking activities locally and internationally.

Previously, Danny was co-head of the privatization unit of the Israeli government, leading privatization processes of large government companies. In this capacity, he represented the government on boards and committees of many such companies. Prior to this, Danny served as the Real Estate Representative of this same government unit, serving on boards of real estate, construction and infrastructure companies, as well as investment and finance committees, evaluating projects and lands for sale.

Danny earned a B.Sc. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Among other activities, he volunteers his services as Chairman of the Advisory Board of "Our Children", a not-for-profit organization that assists the Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel.