| 词条 | David Polak |
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| name = David Polak | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence =Beverly Hills, California | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education =Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, Los Angeles | employer = | occupation = Business executive, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse =Janet Polak | children = | parents = | relatives = | box_width = }} David Polak is an American business executive and philanthropist from Beverly Hills, California. He was the Founder and Chairman of NWQ Investment Management, an investment firm with US$30 billion under management. He is a large donor to the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Early lifeDavid Polak graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He received a master's degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[1][2] CareerHe founded NWQ Investment Management, an investment firm based in Century City, Los Angeles, with US$30 billion under management.[3][4] He served as its Chairman.[5] The company is affiliated with Nuveen Investments.[6] PhilanthropyHe served as Chair of the Investment Committee of the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2009.[5] Under his tenure, the JCF invested US$12 million with Bernard L. Madoff in 2004, and US$6 million in 2006.[5][4] With his wife, he has donated to the American Technion Society, which supports the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, for twenty years.[1] The David and Janet Polak Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center at Technion was named after his wife and he after they made a large charitable contribution to the institute.[7] He received an honorary Doctorate from Technion in 2009.[1] He has also donated to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.[8][9] With his wife, he was the recipient of the Philanthropic Leadership Award from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at their 2014 Board of Governors Gala, which took place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on December 2, 2014.[10] Personal lifeHe is married to Janet Polak.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 Danielle Berrin, David Polak Awarded HonoraryDoctorate by Technion, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, July 2, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Polak, David}}2. ^Gayane Keshishyan, Entrepreneurs Share Their Success, UCLA Newsroom, May 09, 1997 3. ^1 Top Honors for David Polak, August 2009 4. ^1 Brad A. Greenberg, Jewish Community Foundation Releases Report on Madoff, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, April 9, 2009 5. ^1 2 Brad A. Greenberg, Financial tsunami shakes Jewish Community Foundation, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, December 24, 2008 6. ^Nuveen Investments: NWQ Investment Management 7. ^David and Janet Polak Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center 8. ^Weizmann Institute of Science: President's Circle, 2000 9. ^Weizmann Institute of Science: President's Circle, 2002 10. ^2014 Board of Governors Gala 9 : Living people|People from Beverly Hills, California|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni|UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni|American chairmen of corporations|Philanthropists from California|Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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