Yifat Oron is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and head of the firm’s office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to joining Blackstone, Yifat Oron was the CEO of Leumitecg. She spent most of her career as a Partner at Vertex Venture Capital. Before joining Vertex, Ms. Oron was a technology investment banking associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. Previously, she spent three years at the Directorate of R&D of the Israeli Ministry of Defense where she achieved the rank of Lieutenant in the Economics, Budget & Control Department.
Ms. Oron currently serves as President of the Tel Aviv University Friends Association, sits on the board of The Israel Innovation Authority, and is a trustee of Sheba Medical Center.
She holds an M.B.A. from Tel-Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from the Technion.
