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Revision as of 00:51, 14 April 2021 by 2601:447:4080:10:c8d7:33f4:d429:bf4e (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ilan Yeshua is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Walla! Communications Channels Ltd. (from November 2006 to June 2019), an Israeli web portal, traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
He is a former chief executive officer (CEO) of both Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. and Britannica.com Inc.. On 16 May 2001, he replaced Don Yannias in the latter position. When Britannica.com Inc. was spun off from Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. in 1999 to develop the Britannica's digital versions, Yannias switched to being CEO of Britannica.com Inc., leaving the CEO-ship of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. vacant. The two CEO-ships were re-united under Yeshua, who had been serving as CEO of Britannica Israel, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Britannica.com Inc.
Before his time with the Britannica, Yeshua was long associated with the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), an educational technology firm based in Tel Aviv that was partially acquired by Britannica.com Inc. At CET, he worked his way up through several positions, including marketing manager, head of the medical division and developer of educational learning materials, and finally deputy general director. He also served as chief executive officer for a CET subsidiary, the Centre for Educational Technology Holdings
Yeshua obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in medical science from Hebrew University and an Executive MBA (magna cum laude) from Tel-Aviv University .
On April 5, 2021, Yeshua gave testimony during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, claiming to the Tel Aviv District Court that overall Walla! owner Shaul Elovitch ordered him to remove stories which were unfavorable to Netanyahu from the Walla website. On April 12, 2021, Yeshua gave more testimony, this time before the Jerusalem District Court, where he described Netanyahu as the "big guy" at Walla! and that the Israeli Prime Minister persuaded Walla! to publish only edited parts of an interview he conducted with journalist Dov Gilhar so it would give him favor a week before the March 2021 Israeli election. According to Yeshua, "any negative item led to outburst" from Netanyahu. Yeshua also revealed a text message which Shaul sent to him in February 2015. In the text message, Shaul stated that he was having problems all day with Netanyahu, who he identified as “the big one.”
References
- http://www.walla.co.il
- {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56606223%7Ctitle=Netanyahu trial: Editor 'told to drop negative stories about Israel PM'|publisher=BBC News|date=5 April 2021|accessdate=13 April
- ^ "At trial, Yeshua says Netanyahu was allowed to edit own interview to his liking". Times of Israel. April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Bob, Yonah Jeremy (April 12, 2021). "Elovitch to Yeshua: I have problems all day with the PM". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
Press release announcing Yannias' replacement as CEO (19 May 2001)
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