WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has donated $200 million to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center through the Koum Family Foundation. The donation will fund an 800-bed hospitalization tower to be built over six years. This is the largest single donation in the hospital's history.
- ▪Jan Koum donated $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
- ▪The funds will be used to construct an 800-bed hospitalization tower.
- ▪The project is expected to be completed within six years and fully operational within a decade.
- ▪The donation was solicited by former director-general Prof. Jonathan Halevy.
- ▪Shaare Zedek’s Director-General Prof. Ofer Merin confirmed the donation.
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WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospitalWith an unprecedented $200 million donation from the Koum Family Foundation, SZMC will build a huge 800-bed hospitalization tower over the next six years and fill the entire space within a decade.Shaare Zedek’s Director-General Prof. Ofer Merin (L) and President Prof. Jonathan Halevy, previous director-general for 31 years, who solicited Koum’s donation. (photo credit: SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER)
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