# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erel-margalit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:15.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erel-margalit"
name: "Erel Margalit"
slug: "erel-margalit"
description: "Erel N. Margalit is an Israeli venture capitalist and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of the global venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Margalit StartUp City. He is also the founder of two non-profit organizations Bakehila and Israel Initiative 2020, which has established seven regions of excellence that combine technology and education."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erel_Margalit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.027252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ErelMargalit"
    handle:    "ErelMargalit"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/erelmargalit"
    handle:    "erelmargalit"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.erel.org.il/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "إيريل مرجاليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايريل مرجاليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erel_Margalit"
    title: "Erel Margalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erel_Margalit"
    title: "Erel Margalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erel_Margalit"
    title: "Erel Margalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA"
    title: "אראל מרגלית"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erel_Margalit"
    title: "Erel Margalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4300460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump