Efi Arazi
Efi Arazi | |
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אפי ארזי | |
Born | Efraim R. Arazi 14 April 1937 |
Died | 14 April 2013 | (aged 76)
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | High Tech Entrepreneur |
Employer | Seerun Ltd. |
Title | Chairman |
Efraim R. "Efi" Arazi (Hebrew: אפי ארזי) (14 April 1937 – 14 April 2013)[1] was an Israeli technology pioneer and businessman.[2]
Education
Arazi enrolled as a cadet to study electronics in the Israel Defense Forces at the Air Force Technological Academy,[3] He earned an engineering degree in the 1960s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4][5] (he was accepted to MIT via the "extraordinary cases" as he did not have a matriculation certificate).[3]
Business career
Arazi began his career in the United States. He returned to Israel in June 1967.
In 1988 Arazi founded EFI - Electronics for Imaging.[4][12] He later became CEO of iMedia, a developer of tools for cable, satellite, and terrestrial television operators to manage compressed digital video.[8]
At the time of his death, Arazi was chairman of Seerun Ltd.[8]
The term "computer art"
On the title page of the magazine
The Efi Arazi School of Computer Science
The Efi Arazi School of Computer Science is part of IDC (Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya), Israel's first private university. The school was founded in 1996, and named after Efi Arazi in 2003.
References
- ^ Israel News (14 April 2013). "Efi Arazi, Israeli high-tech pioneer, passes away at age 76". Ynetnews. ynetNews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Sheva, Nathan (2 April 2008). "Efi Arazi invests in Knafaim". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 July 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b If we always follow the hard-and-fast rules without any deviation or creativity, we shall certainly miss extraordinary talents and unusual people, and merely get a great deal of boring mediocrity
- ^ a b "Electronics for Imaging, Inc. – Company History". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ISBN 9780262182317.
- ^ ISBN 9780203845967.
- ^ "Scitex Chief Is A Kite-Flying Dynamo". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1981. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "Efi Arazi: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 20 July 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Even flagships need talented captains". Haaretz. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Labate, John (28 June 1993). "Companies to Watch". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ The Annual Report of Scitex Corporation Ltd. (Form 20-F) to the Securities & Exchange Commission for year ended 31 December 1988.
- ISBN 9780470494103.
- ^ "Computers and Automation | Database of Digital Art".
- ^ Herbert W. Franke: Grenzgebiete der bildenden Kunst, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart In: Katalog, 1972, S. 69.
External links
- "Efi Arazi: His Way; A Biography, by Dalit Milstein (2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.