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Ami Dror, 2022
Born (1973-03-05) March 5, 1973 (age 51)
Ashkelon, Israel
Alma mater
  • Open University of Israel
Occupation
  • high-tech entrepreneur
  • educator
  • lecturer
Known forSocial activism

Ami Dror (born March 5, 1973) is an Israeli businessman, educator, activist, and a leader of the ongoing protests against the judicial reform being promoted by the thirty-seventh government of Israel headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.

Biography

Ami Dror was born and raised in Ashkelon to Aviva (née Laskov) and Aryeh Dror. His father was a Holocaust survivor[1] from Romania, and his mother was born in Israel. As a member of a national religious family, he was educated at the Sinai School in Ashkelon and was active in the Bnei Akiva movement.[2]

He served as a tank commander in the Armored Corps.[3]

After his release from the IDF, he attended an aircraft security course and the day after the assassination Yitzhak Rabin, he joined the state unit for the security of personnel and delegations,[4] in which he was in charge of securing Shimon Peres and was the commander of the security squad for Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak.[1] After completing his service in the unit in 2000, he joined the Foreign Ministry and served in Dublin and Marseille, until 2003.

Dror graduated with a degree in computer science from the Open University.[5]

Dror is a divorced father of three children and lives in Tel Aviv.[6]

Business activity

In 2005, Dror founded the XpanD 3D company with Maria Kostira, which developed technology for showing 3D movies, and served as its strategic manager. Film director James Cameron presented the film Avatar using the company's technology in 2009.[7][4][8][9] As part of the company, Dror in collaboration with Panasonic, Samsung and Sony led the development of a unified standard for 3D televisions.[10][11]

In 2014, Dror founded the investment company Zeyton Ventures with Porsan Hossein. The company supported high-tech companies and required them to reach within three years a situation where at least 30% of their employees belong to one of the populations suffering from underrepresentation in the labor market.[12][13] That same year, Dror served as a judge in the innovation category of the Cannes Advertising Festival.[14]

In 2016, Dror moved with his family to Shanghai to found the company LeapLearner with his Chinese partners Aaron Tien and Lao Zho.[15][16] LeapLearner developed programming-learning software for children.[17][18] In 2018, Dror was selected as one of the ten most brilliant entrepreneurs in China and won an award on behalf of Shanghai Media Group, the largest media corporation in China.[19]

In 2022, Dror founded the BriBooks company, which allows children to write, publish, and sell books.[20][21] The idea to establish the company arose when Dror published a children's book and realized how complicated and expensive the process of publishing and selling a book is, and dedicated himself to making it accessible to every child. The company won the Red Herring Award as one of the 100 most promising technology companies in the world.[22]

Leadership and education development throughout the world

In 2014, Dror was accepted as a fellow in the Henry Crown Fellowship, the flagship program of the Aspen Institute.[23] In 2018, Dror became a facilitator in the program and since then he has been conducting leadership programs in Aspen and Harvard University. He also gives lectures and other leadership workshops around the world.[24][25]

In 2019, Dror published a book in partnership with Jordan Huang, an expert in Chinese education, which deals with successful practices for educating children for innovation, based on the Jewish and Chinese cultures. The book was published in an English edition[26] and a Chinese edition.[27] That same year, as part of his work at LeapLearner, he initiated and was a partner in promoting technological education in African countries. In part, he helped establish programming schools for youth in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Kenya.[28] He also served as an advisor to the King of Bhutan in the process of modernizing the education system in the kingdom.[29]

In March 2020, with the outbreak of the Corona epidemic, Dror initiated a crowdfunding campaign for N95 masks for doctors, due to the lack of these masks in the hospitals.[30][31][32][33]

Dror is a board member of the American philanthropic organization Space for Humanity, which flies social entrepreneurs into space on private flights.[34]

As part of an activity to promote equality in education in the world, Dror cooperated with Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus as part of the Hong Kong Conference for Social Justice.[35]

Protest activity against the judicial reform

In January 2023, after Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced the planned legislative measures, Dror joined the protest activity as part of the "high-tech protest". In an interview with him he said that he left the management of the BriBooks company to his partner in the company while he devotes his time to activities within the protest.[1]

Dror is a central field activist in the protest,[36] leading update groups of activists, often being interviewed on protest issues in the media[37][36][38][1][39][40] and speaking at demonstrations across the country.[41][42][43]

On July 18, 2023, together with other protest leaders (Shikma Bressler, Moshe Radman and Ran Harnevo), he initiated a mass foot march from Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as an act of protest against the coalition's intentions to approve in the second and third reading the law to reduce the reasonableness clause.[44][45]

On June 6, Knesset member Zvi Sukkot threatened Dror that he would sue him for sharing truncated parts of his interview.[46] On August 3, Dror together with other protest leaders filed a lawsuit against Likud activist Ronit Levy claiming that she published their phone numbers and called for harassment.[47]

On August 1, 2023, Dror was detained by the police in a demonstration in front of the Salme police in Tel Aviv, due to the use of a stun gun.[36][48]

Books

  • Raising Future Innovators: Leveraging Jewish & Chinese Best Practices in Education. Ami Dror and Jordan Huang. 17 March 2019. ISBN 978-1-7337811-0-7.
  • Python The Super Hero. BriBooks. 6 June 2022. ISBN 978-93-94848-00-9.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ""In recent years, Netanyahu has been acting for his own benefit"" (in עברית). 104.5FM. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Hason, Ayala (21 May 2023). "Ami Dror, a former religious, and the initiators of the attack - There were signs that read "traitorous leftists". Barashi: there was no such sign" (in עברית). Kan 11. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Dror, Ami (25 May 2023). ""The Man In The Tank Will Win"". Twitter. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Grimland, Guy (19 August 2019). ""Couples will wear 3D glasses - and watch different programs on the same screen"". TheMarker (in עברית). Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ami Dror - Linkedin". Linkedin. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Kra Oz, Geva (May 2023). "Ami Dror - Restart Israel" (in עברית). restart-israel.co.il. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  7. ↑ ""A High-Tech Movie Battle: Which 3-D Glasses Are Best?". The New York Times. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Grimland, Guy (18 August 2010). "Much More Than Avatar" (in עברית). Haaretz. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ami Dror on Fox Business". Fox Business. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Reisinger, Don (8 August 2011). "Panasonic, Samsung focus on 3D glasses standard". CNET. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Lawler, Richard (8 August 2011). "Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and XpanD finally team up for an active 3D glasses standard". Engadget. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Kilian, Gil (1 June 2016). "We're Always Asked If We Know Any Arab Programmers" (in עברית). Calcalist. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  13. ↑ Press, Viva Sarah (5 May 2016). "AN INVESTMENT FIRM WITH A JEWISH-ARAB SOUL". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  14. ↑ Ben-Israel, Dori (19 April 2014). "Israeli entrepreneur Ami Dror will judge in the innovation category of the 2014 Cannes Festival" (in עברית). mizbala.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Yang, Xia (12 July 2019). "Analytic entrepreneur relishes a problem". Shine News. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Dor, Ofir (20 October 2017). "The Israeli high-tech entrepreneur who teaches the Chinese children to think outside of the box" (in עברית). Calcalist. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Robotish, Language of the Future - Ami Dror - TEDxCaohejingParkSalon". TED. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  18. ↑ Ming, Cheang (24 April 2017). "This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code". CNBC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  19. ↑ JIAYAN, NING (18 May 2018). "Yicai Announces 2018 Brilliant 10 Award Winners". Yicai Global. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "BriBooks completes USD 1.5M in pre-seed funding to launch the first AI Powered writing platform for children". Business Standard. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "BriBooks and Education World Partner to Launch World's Largest Book Writing Summer Camp With Top Global Authors And 10,000+ Participating Schools". The Times of India. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "BriBooks wins the 2022 Red Herring Top 100 Global Award". Business Standard. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  23. ↑ "Ami Dror - Aspen Institute". Aspen Institute. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "Ami Dror - Africa In The World". Africa In The World. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  25. ↑ "Ami Dror - College of Management". College of Management. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  26. ↑ Raising Future Innovators: Leveraging Jewish & Chinese Best Practices in Education. Ami Dror and Jordan Huang. 17 March 2019. ISBN 978-1-7337811-0-7.
  27. ↑ 犹太教育叩启中国大门 |《养育下一代创新者》新书发布会在沪举行 (in 中文). Ami Dror and Jordan Huang. 9 August 2023. ISBN 978-1-7337811-0-7.
  28. ↑ "How every African child can learn to code". Africa In The World. 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  29. ↑ "Global Ed-Tech Leader, LeapLearner, Brings Coding Education to Every Child in Bhutan". NewsWires. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  30. ↑ "The campaign that collects masks for hospitals - Ami Dror". Ynet. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  31. ↑ "i24NEWS - Ami Dror 290320 - N95". i24NEWS. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  32. ↑ Eilon, Ya'akov (5 April 2020). "Ya'akov Eilon Interview with Ami Dror" (in עברית). Channel 13.
  33. ↑ Weiss, Dana (5 April 2020). "Dana Weiss - N95 Masks" (in עברית). Channel 12. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  34. ↑ "Ami Dror - Space for Humanity". Space for Humanity. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  35. ↑ "Creating Social Values through Market". South China Morning Post. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 ""Ridiculous situation": the arrested anti-reform protester recreates and criticizes the police" (in עברית). Maariv Online. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  37. ↑ ""There are unusual cases of violence that need to be investigated"". 103FM. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  38. ↑ "The truth behind the photo of the baby on the road is revealed: "Don't fall for the spin"" (in עברית). ICE. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  39. ↑ Koriel, Ilana (8 August 2023). ""Democracy march" from Be'er Sheva to Ben Gurion's tomb: "In the Negev the people of Israel will be tested"" (in עברית). Ynet. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  40. ↑ Hason, Ayala (19 May 2023). "The Looting Protest". Kan 11. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  41. ↑ "Week 27 at "Democracy Crossroads" - a report from the growing Ness Ziona protest". nessziona.net. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  42. ↑ "Ami Dror, one of the leaders of the protest, in a speech in Rishon Lezion". molapa j - davy. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  43. ↑ "Shin Bet officer in Horev: "We stopped being polite, we will obliterate the Kahanist racists"" (in עברית). 1075FM Haifa Radio. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  44. ↑ Sela, Ori (18 July 2023). "Hundreds of protesters march on foot from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem: "We will rebuild the nation"" (in עברית). Walla!. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  45. ↑ "The journey to the Knesset continues - a special broadcast to cover the great protest campaign against the coup d'état". DemocraTV. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  46. ↑ Gotlieb, Jonathan (6 June 2023). "Zvi Sukkot to a left-wing activist: "Zero from zero, get ready for a lawsuit"" (in עברית). Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  47. ↑ "The protest leaders are suing for libel" (in עברית). the7eye.org.il. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  48. ↑ "Ami Dror from the high-tech protest was arrested" (in עברית). Israel Hayom. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

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