Einat Wilf | |
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Date of birth | 11 December 1970 |
Place of birth | Jerusalem |
Knessets | 18 |
Faction represented in Knesset | |
2010–2011 | Labor Party |
2011–2013 | Independence |
Einat Wilf (Hebrew: עינת וילף, born 11 December 1970) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party.
Einat Wilf was born in Jerusalem. She studied at the Hebrew University Secondary School. During her national service in the Israel Defense Forces she was an Intelligence Officer in Unit 8200, and reached the rank of lieutenant. She then went to Harvard University, receiving a BA in government and fine arts, before earning an MBA from INSEAD in France, and subsequently a PhD in political science at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
She completed her military service as an Intelligence Officer in Unit 8200 with the rank of Lieutenant.
Wilf is married to German journalist and television personality Richard Gutjahr. She gave birth to their son in 2010.
Wilf describes herself as a Zionist and an atheist.
Wilf served as a Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York City and a General Partner with Koor Corporate Venture Capital in Israel. Upon her return to Israel Wilf worked as a Senior Fellow with the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute and a weekly columnist for the daily newspaper Israel HaYom. Wilf also taught social entrepreneurship at Sapir College, as well as a frequent guest on Israeli radio and television talk shows and a member of the President's Conference Steering Committee.