Background
Gerstel, Martin Stephen was born on June 26, 1941 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sydney Charles and Ethel Lorraine (Kurtz) Gerstel.
Businessman director of Yissum
Gerstel, Martin Stephen was born on June 26, 1941 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sydney Charles and Ethel Lorraine (Kurtz) Gerstel.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1964. Master of Business Administration, Stanford University, 1968.
Vice president finance Alza Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1968—1979, senior vice president, 1979—1980, executive vice president, 1980—1982, president, 1982—1987, co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1987—1993, director, since 1993. Advisor Burrill Life Sciences Fund. Co-founder, co-chairman Itamar Medical.
Chairman Keddem Bioscience, Evogene Ltd., Compugen Ltd., 1997—2009, president, co-Chief Executive Officer, since 2009. Board directors Yissum Ltd., Yeda Ltd.
He is a member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Board of Governors of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is an advisor to the Burrill Life Science Funds and the board of the Israel-United States. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (“BIRD”).
Married Shoshona Wechsler, April 5, 1982.