Mati Gill
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More about me
A biotechnology industry leader who made Aliyah from Ohio at age 12. The founding CEO of AION Labs, a venture studio for start-ups focusing on AI in drug discovery and development. 10 new startups have been formed through the company within 4 years under his leadership. Previously held senior management roles with Teva Pharmaceuticals and served as Bureau Chief for Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. Was wounded during a briefing with the minister on the Gaza border in a shooting attack by the Hamas terrorist organization. A major in the IDF reserves, was also one of the founders and commanders of the joint IDF-U.S. Central Command war room that was in action on the Lebanese front during the Swords of Iron War.
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
Tasks for the term
- Writing a constitution which will regulate the balance of powers and enshrine the fundamental rights of the country's citizens
- A "New Contract" for Israel's hi-tech industry including regulatory reforms and stability and cementing Israel's leadership in AI, energy, and quantum
- Higher education reform and massive investment in scientific and technological research, alongside promoting the biotech industry as an engine of growth
- Strengthening Israel-Diaspora relations: restoring ties with American Jews and Israelis abroad, reversing "brain drain" and encouraging the immigration of one million new Olim within a decade
- Rehabilitating the police and the National Security Ministry and repairing the damage done in recent years
Something personal
Loves running, reading history and biographies, diving and baseball. His favorite book: Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead".
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