Yasmin Lukatz
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Yasmin Lukatz | |
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'יסמין לוקץ | |
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| Born | 5 May 1972 Israel |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Yasmin Lukatz (Hebrew: 'יסמין לוקץ; born May 1972) is an Israeli businesswoman. She founded ICON (Israel Collaboration Network) and Code for Israel.[1]
Lukatz also lectures at Reichman University in Herzliya.
Early life and education
[edit]Yasmin Lukatz was born in Israel on May 1972 to Dr. Miriam Adelson and Dr. Ariel Ochshorn. She is the stepdaughter of businessman Sheldon Adelson. Raised in Tel Aviv, in her 10th grade, she moved with her mother to New York City.
When returning to Israel, Lukatz joined the IDF and served as an operations officer.
After completing her military service, Lukatz graduated degrees in law (LL.B.), accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University. She later received her MBA from Stanford University and remained in Silicon Valley, where she began building her career in business and venture capital.[2]
Business career
[edit]Lukatz was certified as a lawyer in Israel, where she started her career working at Ernst & Young Israel.
She later moved to the U.S. to study at Stanford University, and after her graduation she was appointed by Sheldon Adelson as strategy advisor to Las Vegas Sands. In 2007, Lukatz joined as one of the founders of Israel's most read newspaper - Israel Hayom.
In 2010, Lukatz co-founded Evoz, a startup that developed a smart baby monitor that sends alerts to parents' smartphones.
Since then, Lukatz has become an angel investor, investing in Israeli-American startups with a portfolio of companies, including: Navan, Salt Security, Redkix, Aryon security and Tipalti.[3]
In 2020, Ynet Global listed her among the 10 most influential Israelis in the United States.[4]
Television and media
[edit]Lukatz joined the investor panel of Shark Tank Israel (HaKrishim) in 2018 and became a regular panelist from the third season onward. Her investments on the show include Anabella, a company developing a new breast pump, which was later valued at 100 million NIS, alongside fellow investors as Oren Dobronsky.[5]
In 2023, Lukatz competed on Dancing with the Stars and was the sixth contestant eliminated.
In early 2025, Lukatz launched the podcast 'In Yasmin’s Living Room', which gained popularity and featured guests such as Miriam Adelson, Yossi Cohen, Noa Tishby and Prof. Uriel Reichman.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Lukatz has four children. After two decades in the United States, she moved back to Israel in 2022.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Connecting the Start-Up Nation". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "The Israeli Who Links Silicon Valley Up With Silicon Wadi". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ "Yasmin Lukatz on Investing in a Time of War, Founding ICON, How to Make a Difference, and Being on Shark Tank". Invested by Aleph. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ↑ הישראלים המשפיעים באמריקה, Ynet, September 18, 2020
- ↑ ""The mistake that most entrepreneurs make is they have an idea, but they don't know if there's actually a problem."". CTECH by Calcalist. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ "Dr. Miriam Adelson: If my children were in captivity, I would move worlds". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
