Ronny Douek

Ronny Douek is an Israeli businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He has founded multiple social entrepreneurial and non-profit ventures, including Zionism 2000, Sheatufim and Uru, and has served as chairman of the Israel [Anti-Drug Authority].

Social activism

In 1990, Douek founded Ach-Shav, an association which worked with new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia. Ach-Shav established community centers at the caravan sites that provided provisional housing for the new immigrants. In 1994, he founded "Alter-Nativ", a national initiative for fighting substance abuse, which was later adopted by the Israel Anti-Drug Authority and became its flagship program for prevention of substance abuse by youth. By 2004, over 300 thousand teenagers participated in Alter-Nativ workshops in hundreds of schools and other educational settings across Israel.
In 1995, Douek and a group of friends founded Zionism 2000, which develops social betterment projects. In 1998, it established ALEH, Hebrew acronym for "Business for the Community", which helps business entities become engaged with the community in a professional manner.
In 2008 Douek was one of torch-lighters at the torch-lighting ceremony] on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem to open the Israel's 60th Independence [Day (Israel)|Independence Day] anniversary celebrations.