Inspirational Israeli

IRAD EICHLER

Irad Eichler is the CEO and founder of the Israeli startup Circles, a leading emotional support platform that matches people who are going through similar challenges and places them in small online support groups guided by professional facilitators. Since its founding, Circles has provided over 100,000 hours of support. Irad won the Zero Project prize for impactful social enterprises in 2017 and was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum. In 2005 he founded Shekulo Tov, an organization aimed at helping people with psychiatric disabilities to be included in society by increasing their participation in the labor force. Shekulo Tov has provided support and service to more than 6,000 individuals in rehabilitation.

10 QUESTIONS

What is your favorite part of the day? The morning. Because after waking up from a night’s rest that’s the moment when I’m empty, and then everything starts and my day starts to fill. If you could meet with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? My mother What has been the most challenging time in your life? When I lost my mother What is one of your proudest moments in life? When I got an award from Bar-Ilan University for social leadership. My mom was dying from cancer and she was there. It was more meaningful for me because I knew she was there and proud of me. What is your favorite Israeli dish? Hummus! What is your favorite location within Israel and why? The desert, because it’s everything and nothing combined. Who is an Inspiration for you? People who take a stand. People who care about things and are willing to pay the price for being vocal. What advice would you give a young person who wants to change the world? Change it. Just do it. It’s easier than you think.

What is your biggest fear? That someone I love will die.

If you could change one thing about Israel what would it be? To make people more peaceful. I would make every Israeli count to seven before they react to anything.