Ronald Cohen - Revision history

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Hilary Aked at 10:33, 13 June 2017

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Melissa Jones: /* Charity */ fixed internal link and typos

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Matthew Burnett-Stuart: /* Charity */

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Matthew Burnett-Stuart at 15:41, 24 March 2014

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 ::‘(a) For the advancement of education;(b) For the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local national or International disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances;(c) In promoting and encouraging for the public all aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture, theater and music; and(d) Other deserving causes as the Trustees see fit.'<ref>THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011</ref>::
-The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the Exodus in 1947, the ship under the control of the [[Haganah]] aiming to force the British to allow would-be settlers to disembark in Palestine.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for students from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
+The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the Exodus in 1947, the ship under the control of the [[Haganah]] aiming to force the British to allow would-be settlers to disembark in Palestine.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for students from Israel.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140516233730/http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114</ref>
 ==References==

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 In 1999 Cohen set up with his wife [[The R and S Cohen Foundation]]. It aims to donate money:
-::‘(a) For the advancement of education;(b) For the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local national or International disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances;(c) In promoting and encouraging for the public all aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture,theater and music; and(d) Other deserving causes as the Trustees see fit.'<ref>THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011</ref>::
+::‘(a) For the advancement of education;(b) For the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local national or International disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances;(c) In promoting and encouraging for the public all aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture, theater and music; and(d) Other deserving causes as the Trustees see fit.'<ref>THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011</ref>::
-The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the refugee ship Exodus in 1947.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for students from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
+The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the Exodus in 1947, the ship under the control of the [[Haganah]] aiming to force the British to allow would-be settlers to disembark in Palestine.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for students from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
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 ==Apax Partners==
-Apax Partners invested in [[Autonomy]], Britain's most successful internet company, making $600 million from a $3 million investment. They are also backers of [[Jazztel]], a Spanish business phone services company and an Israeli company [[Commtouch]], an e-mail provider.
+[[Apax Partners]] invested in [[Autonomy]], Britain's most successful internet company, making $600 million from a $3 million investment. They are also backers of [[Jazztel]], a Spanish business phone services company and an Israeli company [[Commtouch]], an e-mail provider.
 ==Career==

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 ::‘(a) For the advancement of education;(b) For the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local national or International disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances;(c) In promoting and encouraging for the public all aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture,theater and music; and(d) Other deserving causes as the Trustees see fit.'<ref>THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011</ref>::
-The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the refugee ship Exodus in 1947.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of deputies for British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for student from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
+The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref name="Sussex">New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the refugee ship Exodus in 1947.<ref name="Sussex"/> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social Justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for students from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
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 ==Lobbying==
-Cohen believes passionately that PE is good for the economy and, according to BBC journalist Robert Peston, has "lobbied tirelessly for favourable tax treatment for the industry he helped to create."
+Cohen believes passionately that PE is good for the economy and, according to journalist [[Robert Peston]], has 'lobbied tirelessly for favourable tax treatment for the industry he helped to create'.
-:"Brown was a sympathetic listener... and gave to the UK one of the most generous tax regimes.. of any developed economy. And for venture capital and private equity, the great news was that the tax rate on carried interest - the millions earned by PE partners from their share of the gains on big deals - would also be 10 per cent. At the time Cohen was over the moon. His lobbying had been extremely effective."<ref>Robert Peston, ''Who Runs Britain?'', Hodder and Stoughton, 2008</ref>
+:Brown was a sympathetic listener... and gave to the UK one of the most generous tax regimes.. of any developed economy. And for venture capital and private equity, the great news was that the tax rate on carried interest - the millions earned by PE partners from their share of the gains on big deals - would also be 10 per cent. At the time Cohen was over the moon. His lobbying had been extremely effective.<ref>Robert Peston, ''Who Runs Britain?'', Hodder and Stoughton, 2008</ref>
-A further change in 2007 raised the rate of capital gains tax to 18 per cent, which still remains a lot less than most people pay on earnings.
+A further change in 2007 raised the rate of capital gains tax to 18 per cent; still a lot less than most people pay on earnings.
 Cohen has non-domicile status and pays tax on just some of his earnings.
-(see also Affiliations below)
+(See also Affiliations below.)
 ==Political funding==
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 ::‘(a) For the advancement of education;(b) For the relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local national or International disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances;(c) In promoting and encouraging for the public all aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture,theater and music; and(d) Other deserving causes as the Trustees see fit.'<ref>THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011</ref>::
-The main recipients of it funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref>New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the refugee ship Exodus in 1947.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of deputies for British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for student from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
+The main recipients of its funds are the Portland Trust (£500,000 in 2011) and the University of Sussex (£200,000 in 2011).  Along with other foundations it supported the creation at Sussex University of a Chair in Modern Israel Studies.<ref>New professor will develop modern Israel studies, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/newsandevents/?id=11967, 26 April 2012, Sussex News, accessed 1 March 2014</ref>  The Chair will be named after [[Yossi Harel]], father of Cohen’s wife and captain of the refugee ship Exodus in 1947.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The foundation has also funded Ian Duncan Smith’s [[Centre for Social justice]], the [[New Israel Fund]] and the [[Board of deputies for British Jews]]. [[The Fellowship Fund for Students from Israel]] at Harvard Business School was established by Cohen and his wife in 2005.  The fund was set for MBS fellowships for student from Israel.<ref>http://www.hbsaai.org/article.html?aid=114 accessed 1 March 2014</ref>
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 Before founding Apax Partners, he was a consultant with [[McKinsey]]. He is Chairman of the Government's [[Tech Stars Steering Committee Taskforce]] and a member of the DTI's [[UK Competitiveness Committee]]. He sits on the CBI's City Advisory Group and Wider Share Ownership Committee.
 <ref>Taken from 'Ronald Cohen' available through search function on http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html</ref>
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 ===Conferences===
-**[[Ninth Herzliya Conference]] - participant.<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/_Uploads/2165executivesummary09.pdf Executive Summary], 9th Herzliya Conference 2009,p.57, herzliyaconferenceorg, accessed 22 November 2012.</ref>
+*[[Ninth Herzliya Conference]] - participant.<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/_Uploads/2165executivesummary09.pdf Executive Summary], 9th Herzliya Conference 2009,p.57, herzliyaconferenceorg, accessed 22 November 2012.</ref>
 ==Apax Partners==