Ester Levanon, 64, has been chief executive officer of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 2006. She has helped secure for the exchange (for publicly

At 39, Jerusalem-born Einat Wilf has been an Israeli Army intelligence officer, newspaper columnist, venture capitalist, policy planner, teacher, feminist and foreign policy adviser to Shimon

Tzipi Livni led the Kadima Party to a plurality victory in Israel’s 2009 Knesset election but became leader of the opposition after Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud—which

Nir Barkat, 50, the successful high-tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist, was elected mayor of Jerusalem in November 2008, pledging to improve life in the city

In March 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel for the second time, having previously led the nation from 1996 to 1999. He has

David Azrieli has had a profound impact on the landscape of Israel. Among the most notable projects of the 87-year-old builder, developer, architect and philanthropist

In his third term as mayor of Tel Aviv (officially Tel Aviv-Jaffa), Ron Huldai, 64, is presiding over the city’s 100th anniversary. He came to

Israel’s leading environmentalist remains as busy as ever, founding one ecological group after another in his singleminded pursuit to save the country’s natural treasures. Alon