Michael Mirilashvili — businessman with roots in the USSR
Michael Mirilashvili is a Georgian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist who built his fortune in real estate and business through the Petro Group. He is the President of World ORT — one of the world's largest Jewish educational charities — and a leading figure in Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora philanthropy.
Tracing the roots — Tbilisi (Georgia)
Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR in 1972, Mirilashvili is part of the wave of Soviet-Georgian Jewish emigrants who brought their business acumen and cultural identity to Israel. His leadership of World ORT — educating hundreds of thousands annually — reflects the tradition of Russian-Jewish communal responsibility that has characterised the diaspora for generations.
Tbilisi (Georgia). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.