Genesis Prize

Strengthening human infrastructure

Genesis Prize Foundation Chairman Stan Polovets reflects on matching gift initiative in honor of 2026 laureate Gal Gadot

Former hostage Liri Albag hugs actress Gal Gadot on July 22, 2025.
Gal Gadot attends the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. January 5, 2025.

Gal Gadot directs Genesis Prize toward Israel’s post-October 7 recovery

 Gal Gadot attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Santa Monica, California, U.S., April 5, 2025

Gal Gadot wins 'Jewish Nobel Prize' for hostage advocacy, defense of Israel

Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets presents the Genesis Prize to 2025 Laureate President Javier Milei of Argentina

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This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists in Ukraine

The Genesis Prize Foundation said the war in Ukraine required a change in the approach it has taken since creating the prize, known by some as the "Jewish Nobel."

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visits an area damaged by Russian military strikes, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 29, 2022.

COVID-19 hero: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla reflects on the past, future

Bourla revealed that he would donate the $1 million award to building a Holocaust museum in his hometown in an interview for The Jerusalem Post.

 DR. ALBERT BOURLA on the King David Hotel’s rooftop overlooking Jerusalem, on June 28, ahead of the Genesis Prize ceremony.

President of Israel Presents the 2022 'Jewish Nobel Prize' to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in Jerusalem

Bourla donates $1 million award towards construction of Holocaust Museum of Greece in Thessaloniki to commemorate Greek-Jewish communities wiped out by the Nazis.

  Left to right: President Isaac Herzog, founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets and Dr. Albert Bourla at Award ceremony

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla visits Yad Vashem

Bourla is slated to be presented the Genesis Prize by President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Laying of the wreath in memory of the Jews of Salonika who perished in the Holocaust in the Hall of Remembrance. From left to right:  Myriam and Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer; Stan Polovets, Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation; and Yad Vashem Chairman, Dani Dayan

Genesis Prize Laureate Albert Bourla receives top civilian honor from Greece

Chairman and CEO of Pfizer - Albert Bourla, was honored with Greece’s top civilian award for his efforts in developing a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine.

 Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (R) awards the medal of the Golden Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, to Pfizer President and CEO Albert Bourla (L), at a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace, Athens, Greece

Pfizer CEO awarded Genesis Prize for efforts to combat COVID-19

The $1 million Genesis Prize, launched in 2013, honors extraordinary people for their professional achievements. Dr. Albert Bourla was chosen as this year's Genesis Prize Laureate.

 Pfizer CEO and Chairman Dr. Albert Bourla

Genesis Prize Foundation announces finalists for 2022 'Jewish Nobel'

Jews worldwide are invited to cast their votes online.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky (second from right) and Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein with actor Michael Douglas, receiving the 2015 Genesis Prize in Jerusalem.

From 'The Jewish Nobel' to the prize of the Jewish people

Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation on the evolving role of the global Jewish community in selecting the organization's next laureate.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) pictured next to Chairman and Co-Founder of The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets.

Genesis Prize to expand engagement with embattled French-Jewish community

Maurice Lévy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe, joins the Advisory Board of the Genesis Prize Foundation

Maurice Lévy

Steven Spielberg to gift $2m. toward racial, economic justice

Grants will be funded by his $1 million Genesis Prize award, as well as a matching $1 million contribution made by Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.

Steven Spielberg Head Shot