Dov Moran was born in Ramat Gan as Dov Mintz. He was the youngest of two children; his parents were Holocaust survivors born in Poland. Moran earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering with honors at the Technion and became one of the most influential figures in the world associated with the Israeli high-tech industry. In 1989, Moran founded the company “M-Systems” and in November 2000 the company unveiled the disk on key – a new data storing technology in a tiny and portable device. Today it is difficult to imagine life without it. Moran has received a number of awards for this development, and he remains one of the most significant people in Israeli high-tech industry, and an enthusiastic supporter of the Technion and young entrepreneurs.