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Hubert Leven has served as president of the Rashi Foundation since its founding in 1984, continuing a family tradition of philanthropy stretching back to his great-grandfather, one of the initiators of the Alliance Israelite Universelle network. After high school in France and the United States, Hubert gained a physics degree in America. From 1962-1999, he directed his brokerage firm in Paris, served on the executive committee of Source Perrier and led a number of its subsidiaries. Among his public position, Hubert serves as executive vice-president of Kol Israel Haverim and as vice-president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle in Paris. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from Ben-Gurion University and the Technion.