Yigal Zemah, Managing Director
Mr. Zemah has represented Berggruen Holdings in Israel since January 2006. He participates in creating a long-term diversified private equity and real estate portfolio in Israel in addition to serving as a director of Berggruen Residential Limited. From 1998 to 2000 he worked at the M&A and Real Estate Department of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and was involved in major M&A and real estate transactions.
From 2000 to 2002 he worked at RichFX, a technology company, where he was in charge of the company's business development and fund raising activities. From 2002 to 2005 he worked as a vice president of business development and was in charge of the real estate activities of the Aurec Group (a privately held investment company), a representative of Aurec at AIG (Israel) and a director at Golden Pages, Med Nautilus and Maximedia.
A graduate of Tel Aviv University, Mr. Zemah holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and accounting, a Bachelors of Law (with honors) in law, and a Masters of Law in corporate law from New York University. In addition, Mr. Zemah is a member of the Israeli and New York Bar Associations.