סמי וטובה סגול

Born in Italy to parents who were Holocaust survivors, Tova Sagol immigrated to Israel as a baby. During her service at the IDF, Tova met Sami Sagol, who immigrated to Israel himself from Turkey as a young boy, and they became lifetime partners in their professional and social endeavors

In the 1980s Sami was awarded management responsibility over Keter Plastics - a small Israeli company founded by his father. Under his leadership, the Keter Group became a world leader in the development, production and marketing of home improvement consumer products with an annual turnover reaching the billion-dollar mark. In 2016 the Sagol family sold its majority stake at Keter Group.

Being an artist and educator by nature, Tova set her mark in the Israeli community through her sincere devotion and activities to direct and promote education for those with learning disabilities, support cultural activities and relate to social causes.

Over the years, the Sagol family translated their philanthropic concern into a way of life, generously investing in promoting research, community & education while also fostering coexistence and the periphery. Among their notable undertakings are the scholarship enterprise for high-school and higher education students, including thousands of scholarships for periphery populations; transforming the Nitzan association, under Tova’s leadership as a former Chairperson, into a national organization that addresses learning disabilities; and in the last decade, leading Nitzan Parents, which Tova founded & chairs, to offer an innovative approach to parenting challenges of this community. The couple also supports a key role at the Israeli Opera & its workshops and sits on the board of trustees of a long line of cultural foundations & academic institutions,

Ultimately, Sagol's vision has found its expression in ground-breaking activity aimed at making Israel an international hub for advanced research, setting up the Sagol Neuroscience & Longevity Network, a network of schools & research centers in leading academic and medical institutions throughout Israel, promoting multidisciplinary projects, laboratories and technologies. Among these, the Sagol school of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center & the Sagol Center for Digital health at Sheba Medical Centre, Sagol Institute for Longevity Research at Weizmann Institute, The Sagol Center for Neurobiology & Ethology and Emily Sagol center for creative art therapy at Haifa University, Sagol center for Brain & Mind at the IDC , The Sagol Brain center & the Sagol center for personalized oncology at Sourasky (Tel Aviv) medical center, the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Research at Asaf Harofe Medical Center and the Kahn Sagol Maccabi research and innovation institute.

The Network is now expanding internationally via collaborations and joint projects with Ivy League Institutions such as the Sagol MIT-Weizmann Bridge program and the Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging setting a bridge between Monash university,in Sydney and the Sourasky medical center in Tel Aviv.

Sami Sagol is granted with Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa from Tel-Aviv University, Weizmann Institute, the Technion, Bar Ilan University and the University of Haifa. He was previously declared as an Honorary Fellow at Bezalel Academy, Shenkar College, the IDC and received the Lifetime achievement award from Israel’s industry association, The Ramniceanu Prize for Economics at TAU, EY entrepreneur of the year award and Globes’ man of the year award for 2016. Internationally, Sami was awarded with the French Legion of Honor medal in Paris for his contribution to the French economy and bestowed by the State of Italy with the honorable knight order (Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia).