Rebecka Belldegrun


Rebecka Belldegrun, is a Finnish-born American ophthalmologist, businesswoman, investor and philanthropist.

Early life and education

Belldegrun was born in Helsinki to Pola and Shlomo Zabludowicz. Her younger brother is Poju Zabludowicz. She received her medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, and later completed her Ophthalmic Surgery residency in Israel, and her fellowship in corneal surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Career ventures

Intertech Corporation

In 1986, Belldegrun founded Intertech Corporation, a New York real estate company specializing in real estate development, investments, and acquisitions. She expanded Intertech's businesses and holdings to include interests in high-tech, biotechnology, hotel management and industrial manufacturing in the United States, England, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Israel. She served as the president of the company until 2003.

BellCo Capital

Belldegrun is the CEO and president of BellCo Capital, a Los Angeles venture capital firm which she founded in 2003. BellCo Capital focuses on finding seed investments and experienced management to early-stage and start-up companies, as well as on leveraged acquisitions of, and growth equity investments in leading middle-market enterprises. The company's business transactions include international private equity investments in retail, high-tech, biotechnology and real estate. One of BellCo's investments is in BabyFirstTV.

Board memberships

Belldegrun serves as a member of a number of boards, including:
In the past, Belldegrun served as a member of the following boards:
Belldegrun is married to Arie Belldegrun and together they have four children. They reside in Bel Air, an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles.
In 2020, in its annual ranking of the wealthiest people in Israel, TheMarker ranked Arie and Rebecka Belldegrun 49th with a personal net worth of $1.3 billion. They have donated over $1 million to the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, and have donated a $5 million sculpture to LACMA.