Zohar Zisapel, network entrepreneur and co-founder of the RAD Group of companies in Israel, passed away due to cancer on May 20, 2023, at the age of 74.
In 1981, Zohar and his brother Yehuda and cofounded RAD Data Communications Ltd. Its first product was a miniature modem. The company would go on to release its first optical product a few years later, eventually adding many more networking products, and splitting into separate companies under the RAD umbrella.
Over the years, Zohar is credited with founding, guiding and/or inspiring dozens of high-tech start-ups in Israel.
He is also remembered for his philanthropy and for his support of his alma mater, the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
