Dr. Oren Fuerst, the Meta Strategist, is a finance and strategy expert, inventor, and entrepreneur with extensive managerial experience. He has led multiple technology-driven exits and is a frequent writer and lecturer worldwide on topics related to finance, entrepreneurship, technological innovation, AI, new energy, robotics, and healthcare.
He initiated and formerly directed the Technology Strategy and Valuation Program at Columbia Business School. He served as a faculty member at the Yale International Center for Finance and held additional academic positions globally, with a focus on finance and entrepreneurship. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Columbia Business School (focus on applied game theory and global public listings) and a B.A. in Economics and Accounting (Dual Magna Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University.
Oren served as a strategic and capital markets advisor to public and private boards, hedge funds, venture capital and private equity firms, with involvement in multibillion-dollar transactions.
He has published several books and articles in both academic and public media, including From Concept to Wall Street (FT Prentice-Hall). He also taught Columbia University’s first-ever online valuation course (via Columbia Digital Ventures) and is a frequent media guest discussing investment, strategy, and technology trends.
Oren founded and led several technology companies with both public and private exits. He has partnered with Fortune 100 companies – including Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) – to commercialize innovations. He has led significant capital raises and public offerings, including founding and serving as Chairman and CEO of DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a pioneering digital health platform for chronic disease management, which went public within two years of founding. He is the inventor of more than 30 granted patents.
Extensive social impact initiatives with both public and private organizations worldwide, including the U.S. government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, including in digital health and HIV infection prevention and drug delivery devices.
Oren co-founded Tevel Angels and Tevel Global, a global investor network and innovation hub focused on Israeli technologies, active in the U.S. and Europe. He also co-founded industry organizations and NGOs, including the Israeli Intelligent Robotics Center (IIRC). He also mentored in leading programs such as Microsoft Ventures, ARC Sheba, and Israel Brain Technologies (IBT), and has served on the boards of several NGOs.

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