MBO: Israel, Testimonials & Quotes

Testimonials and Quotes

Following, please find testimonials and quotes by leading businesspeople and what they had to say about Israel’s performance.

“Israel has a very advanced technology sector. Innovative Israeli software companies such as A2i and TopTier have proven to fit well into SAP's long-standing organic growth strategy. With a current staff of around 800 SAP employees in Israel, the country is home to our fourth largest development center and SAP remains strongly committed to its operations here."
    Henning Kagermann, CEO, SAP, April 2006

"Israel enjoys the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world, outside of Silicon Valley."
    Robert Greifeld, President & CEO, Nasdaq, November 2004

"Israel has amazing people. We are investing $4 billion ... and we are investing it at an astounding speed."
    Warren Buffet, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, May 2006

"Israel has a strong record of innovations and R&D, high quality scientific research institutions, and a business
environment that supports start-ups."
    Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Prof., Harvard Business School, October 2004

"For Microsoft, having an R&D center in Israel has been a fantastic experience for us. The quality of the people here is quite fantastic."
    Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft

"In two days here I saw more opportunities than I saw in a year in the entire world."
    Paul Smit, Senior Vice President, Philips Medical, July 2004

"Israel is the most exciting place I know. It’s great to come here and see the dynamic generation of ideas, the motivation to be first and the professional daring of Israeli start-ups."
    Buell Duncan, General Manager, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM

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