Partner
George Hara
Group Chairman & CEO, DEFTA Partners, Defta Partners
- Firm
- Defta Partners
- Title
- Group Chairman & CEO, DEFTA Partners
- Role
- Board director
Record updated 28 September 2026
About
George Hara is an archaeologist and successful entrepreneur. While he was a graduate student at Stanford University in 1981, George founded a successful startup developing fiber optics display systems. He then established DEFTA Partners, under which he has funded and led many early-stage technology companies in the US, Europe and Israel to success, including the first gene therapy company Viagene, the first antisense therapy company Isis Pharmaceuticals, and the first bioinformatics company Arris Pharmaceuticals. He has recently launched DEFTA Healthcare Technologies to fund and grow technology companies that are enabling every person to lead a healthy life until his/her final moment.
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