David I. Cohen

Founder of Ezrah Charitable Trust and Simcah Management

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David Cohen runs a family-office investment fund that is focused on both public and private investments around the world.  He also runs a charitable trust that is focused on philanthropy in Africa with a broad mandate that includes impact and job creation. He is a co-founder of an early stage venture capital fund in Africa called Enza Capital. David worked at Goldman Sachs primarily in the London office for about six years.  He was a partner at Farallon Capital for about twenty years with a broad focus on a number of investment areas.

He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University where he graduated with a M.Sc. in Development Economics.  He was born and raised in South Africa and now resides in Delray Beach, FLA.