Danna Azrieli is the Chief Executive Officer of Azrieli Group, Israel’s largest publicly traded real estate company, with a market capitalization of more than NIS 50 billion. Born in Montreal, Canada, and based in Israel for over two decades, she is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and philanthropist whose work reflects a deep commitment to building Israel.
Danna brings more than three decades of real estate leadership, public-company governance and philanthropic experience to her role. She was appointed CEO in 2026 after serving as Active Chairwoman of Azrieli Group from 2014 and has been a member of the Group’s Board of Directors since the Company’s IPO in 2010.
As Chairwoman and now CEO, Danna has cemented the Group’s position as Israel’s leading developer of mixed-use real estate, with a portfolio that includes 23 shopping malls and retail centers and 17 Class A office buildings in Israel’s prime locations. At the same time, she has consistently positioned the company for long-term growth by identifying emerging trends and diversifying into new sectors. She led the establishment and expansion of the Palace senior housing platform, advanced the Group’s move into data centers through Green Mountain, with operations across Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom, and oversaw the strategic sale of the Group’s minority interest in Compass Datacenters in 2023. More recently, the Group entered Israel’s residential development market through its acquisition of a controlling stake in Z.M.H Hammerman. Today, the Azrieli Group maintains a robust pipeline of income-producing real estate in Israel to support future growth in its core segments.
Danna believes every project should strengthen the Israeli economy, bring people and communities together, and contribute to the country’s long-term resilience. That philosophy places sustainability at the heart of the Group’s business strategy: the Group builds to LEED Gold and LEED Platinum standards, and exceptional planning and design have become a signature of the Azrieli portfolio. The Azrieli Spiral Tower, currently under construction in Tel Aviv, will be the first supertall tower in the world built with 100% recycled aluminum.
Alongside her business leadership, Danna serves as Chair of the Azrieli Foundation Israel, where she leads strategic priorities spanning hospitals, education, teacher training, vocational training, and women’s empowerment. Her philanthropic giving focuses on making quality healthcare and education accessible to all parts of Israeli society. She is deeply committed to strengthening social cohesion in Israel, fostering dialogue across communities, reinforcing the Israel-Diaspora relationship, and enhancing Jewish identity, a subject on which she frequently speaks at international events.
Danna serves on the boards of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, and the Darca School Network. Her contributions to business, philanthropy, and Israeli society have been recognized with honorary doctorates from the Open University of Israel (2024) and Tel Aviv University (2025), and with the Partners for Democracy Award from the America-Israel Friendship League (2023).
She is the author of One Step Ahead (Yad Vashem, 1999; second edition 2022), which recounts her father David Azrieli’s escape from Nazi-occupied Poland and his journey to Israel in 1942.
A licensed attorney in Israel and Massachusetts, Danna holds a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College and a JD from Vermont Law School.