Hundreds Gather At Forbes’ First 30 Under 30 Conference In Israel

 April 5, 2016 | Some 600 participants from around the globe, including 200 each from Israel, Europe and North America, gathered in Tel Aviv on Monday for the “Forbes 30 Under 30” summit to celebrate innovation and business. The summit, the first Forbes has held outside of the US, spotlights successful young business people. The event kicked off with an address from Israel’s former President Shimon Peres. Also participating was Yossi Vardi, one of Israel’s early entrepreneurs who has co-founded, led, and participated in building over 60 high-tech companies. Shai Agassi, who captured the nation’s imagination with the ultimately- failed electric car company Better Place, spoke at the summit of the importance of taking risks and being willing to fail, saying that “the margin between failure and success is minuscule.” Also, Meron Gribetz, the CEO of augmented- reality company Meta, announced that the company would open its first R&D center in Israel. Zosia Mamet, star of the television series Girls and X-Men actor Evan Jonigkeit came to deliver a message on the importance of storytelling in business. Monica Lewinsky, who has turned her career towards speaking out against cyberbullying, is slated to give a talk on the importance of kindness in a speech later in the week. Those featured on Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list include: Roy Reznik (27), Co-Founder of Adallom, which was sold last summer to Microsoft for $320 million, Adi Altschuler (29), an educational entrepreneur leading social projects for small businesses at Google Israel, Israeli actress and fashion model Gal (Wonder Woman) Gadot, Omri Casspi, of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and Israeli media notables such as Amalia Duek, Yair Sherky and Chen Liberman. The summit will continue with events in Jerusalem, a service day, and a hackathon.  Israeli entrepreneur and investor.