Yuval Bar-Zemer

Yuval Bar-Zemer is a Los Angeles–based real estate developer, community leader, and political activist who has spent nearly four decades driving transformative change. After moving to Los Angeles 39 years ago and beginning his professional life as an electrician and builder, Yuval dedicated the first three decades of his career to real estate development—leading projects that reshaped neighborhoods and reimagined urban potential.

In the past fifteen years, Yuval has transitioned much of his energy and resources into philanthropic and civic initiatives. His work spans a wide spectrum of local and international causes, including community organizing, land use policy, homelessness, river ecological restoration, cycling infrastructure, contemporary art, archaeology, climate change, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, misinformation and disinformation, and the future of Israel as a democratic state.

Frustrated by the slow pace of change in the nonprofit sector, Yuval has recently shifted focus toward political action. He is currently a leading supporter of Yair Golan, the new leader of the Democrats in Israel. In the United States, he devotes much of his time to Gigafact, an innovative project aimed at combatting the disinformation epidemic on social media.

Yuval Bar-Zemer continues to combine decades of management experience with an unwavering commitment to social justice, civic integrity, and democratic values.