Eli Hurvitz was an Israeli industrialist and former CEO and Chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. He started his career washing dishes at a small pharmaceutical company and worked his way up to executive roles. He led mergers that formed Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, where he served as CEO until 2002 and then Chairman until his death in 2011. Hurvitz received many honors including the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and state. He played a leading role in developing Israel's economy and high-tech industry.

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Eli Hurvitz
Former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Eli Hurvitz (born 1932, died 21 November 2011) was an Israeli industrialist. He was the
Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries at the time of
his death.
Early Life & Education
Eliyahu (Eli) Hurvitz was born in Jerusalem, in the British Mandate of Palestine, in 1932. In 1934, his family moved
to Tel Aviv. In May 1948, he and his classmates were drafted by the Israel Defense Forces to fight in the 1948 Arab-
Israeli War. In early 1949 he resumed his studies for five months and completed his matriculation (Bagrut) exams.
After graduation, he joined kibbutz Tel Katzir, where he met Dalia Solomon. In June 1953 they married, and they left
the kibbutz in October.
Hurwitz studied economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He joined Assia Chemical Labs Ltd., a small firm
of which Dalia's father was a managing partner, as a dishwasher in the laboratory. After his graduation from Hebrew
University in 1957 he began doing office work at Assia and moved to executive ranks. In 1964, Assia merged with
Zori and in 1969 acquired a controlling interest in Teva. In 1976, the three firms merged into Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd. with Hurvitz as the CEO. He resigned as CEO in 2002 and handed over the position to Israel Makov,
and from then on until his death in 2011 had been the firm's Chairman of the Board.
Career
Hurvitz served as chairman of the Israel Export Institute from 1974 to 1978. In 1981 he was made president of the
Israel Manufacturers Association, a position he held until 1986. From 1985 to 1986 he headed Shimon Peres'
economic plan to fight the inflation, for which he was awarded the Industry Prize. In 1986 he was appointed
chairman of the board of Bank Leumi. In 1987, he resigned after his name was associated with Israel's bank stock
crisis of 1983.
Hurvitz was chairman of the Jerusalem Development Authority from 1989 to 1992; a member of the Advisory
Committee of the Bank of Israel from 1991 to 1995; director of Koor Industries Ltd. from 1997 to 2004; and director
of Magal Security System Ltd. from 1992 to 1994. He also served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Weizmann Institute of Science from 1989 to 1995. He has been a member of the board of governors of Tel Aviv
University since 2001, a director of Vishay Technologies since 1997, and chair of the Israel Democracy Institute
since 2002.
In March 1996 he was indicted on charges of an $18 million tax evasion in corporate taxes as head of a Teva
subsidiary, Promedico. In 1998 he was convicted by the Jerusalem district court, but was acquitted by the Supreme
Court of Israel in 2000.
Awards & Honours
Hurvitz received honorary doctorates from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in 1990, the Weizmann
Institute of Science in 1994, Ben-Gurion University in 2002 and Tel Aviv University in 2004.
In 2002, he received the Israel Prize, for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State.
In 2005, Hurvitz was named Business Leader of the Decade by Dun & Bradstreet.
From 2002 to 2005 he served as a member of the International Council of the Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs. In 2006, Forbes estimated his wealth at $500 million and listed him as the 30th-richest Israeli.
In 2011, he received the honorary award of the Ariel University Center of Samaria. Horowitz received the award for
his many years of promoting high-tech industry, economy and society in Israel.