Yoav Nissan-Cohen Net Worth (2024) | wallmine

Yoav Nissan-Cohen biography

Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen, Ph.D., serves as Executive Director of the Company. Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen's career covers nearly 40 years of scientific research, technology development, and executive management in the “High Tech” industry. He started his career as a research scientist in GE’s R&D center in New York where he studied the use of silicon dioxide in semiconductor memory devices. He then led the spin-out of National Semiconductor’s fabrication, creating Tower Semiconductor, where he was CEO for nine years. Tower Semiconductor is a Nasdaq-listed, global specialty semiconductor foundry leader, with a market cap of US$3.4 billion. Dr. Nissan-Cohen also played a key role in establishing a non-volatile technology startup, Saifun Semiconductor, which was eventually sold to Spansion. After two years in the venture capital industry, he came back to his entrepreneurial origins and took the Chairman and CEO position in Amimon, providing wireless transmissions of HD Video at zero latency. Currently, Dr. Nissan-Cohen is Chairman and CEO for Zullavision, which is utilising technologies developed in Israel to provide innovative solutions for film and TV productions.