1962 – Lt. General (Res.) Mr. Haim Laskow (dec.), Managing Director, Port Authority
1963 – Attorney Gideon Hausner (dec.), Attorney General
1964 – Mr. David Ben-Gurion (dec.), Israel’s first Prime Minister and Member of Knesset
1965 – Mr. Kadish Luz (dec.), Knesset Speaker
1966 – Mr. Yisrael Barzilai (dec.), Minister of Health
1967 – Mr. Yigal Alon (dec.), Minister of Labor
1968 – Mr. Teddy Kolleck (dec.), Mayor of Jerusalem
1969 – Mr. David Horowitz (dec.), Governor of the Bank of Israel
1970 – Prof. Albert Sabin (dec.), President, Weizmann Institute of Science
1971 – Mr. Victor Shem Tov (dec.), Minister of Health
1972 – Mr. Yosef Almogi (dec.), Minister of Labor
1973 – Mr. Shimon Peres (dec.), Minister of Defense and former President of the State of Israel
1974 – Mr. Asher Yadlin, Chairman, Clalit Health Care Services
1975 – Dr. Yosef Burg (dec.), Minister of the Interior
1976 – Mr. Mark Moshewitz (dec.), President, Manufacturers Association
1977 – Mr. Gideon Patt, Minister of Housing and Construction
1978 – Mr. Yisrael Pollack (dec.), Industrialist, Textile Conglomerate Owner1
1979 – Mr. Benno Gitter (dec.), Economist and Businessman
1980 – Mr. Moshe Schnitzer (dec.), President, Israel Diamond Exchange
1981 – Mr. David Hachmey (dec.) Chairman, Insurance Companies Association
1982 – Mr. Yekutiel Federman (dec.), Hotelier and Businessman
1983 – Mr. Aharon Meir (dec.), Managing Director, Bank Hamizrahi Hameuhad
1984 – Mr. Avraham Agmon (dec.), Managing Director, Delek Co.
1985 – Mr. Mordechai Gur (dec.), Minister of Health
1986 – Mr. Shlomo Lahat (dec.), Mayor of Tel Aviv
1987 – Mr. Yisrael Kessar, Secretary General, Histadrut Labor Federation
1988 - Mr. Dani Gillerman, President, Chamber of Commerce Association
1989 – Mr. Leon Recanati, Company Executive, I.D.B.
1990 - Mr. Ehud Olmert, Minister of Health
1991 – Mr. Simcha Dinitz (dec.), Chairman, Jewish Agency
1992 – Mr. Eli Horowitz, (dec.) Managing Director, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
1993 – Mr. Benny Gaon (dec.), Managing Director, Koor Industries Ltd.
1994 – Mr. Emanuel Gil, President, Elbit
1995 – Mr. David Wainshal, Managing Director, Migdal Insurance Ltd.
1996 – Mr. Yair Hamburger, Managing Director, Shiloah-Harel Insurance Ltd.
1997 – Mr. Yaakov Peri, President and CEO, Cellcom
1998 – Ms. Galia Maor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank Leumi
1999 - Mr. Shlomo Nehama, Chief Executive Officer, Arison Investments, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank Hapoalim
2000 – Mr. Kobi Alexander, Chairman of the Board of Directors and International President, Comverse Technology
2001 – Mr. Lev Leviev, Chairman of the Board, Africa Israel Investments
2002 – Mr. Yossi Maiman, President and CEO of the Merhav Group, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Channel 10
2003 – Mr. Shraga Biran, Attorney and Businessman
2004 – Mr. Muzi Wertheim (dec.), Chairman, Coca Cola Israel
2005 - Mr. Israel Makov, CEO Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
2006 - Mr. Avigdor Kaplan, CEO, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd.
2007 – Mr. Benny Steinmetz, Businessman
2008- Mr. Haim Katzman, Chairman of income-yielding real estate company Gazit Globe
2009 – Mr. David Franklin, Chairman and CEO of Sugat Industries Ltd.
2010 – Mr. Efi Rosenhaus, President and CEO of Shufersal Ltd.
2011- Mr. Hubert Leven, President of the Rashi Foundation and Vice President of Alliance Israëlite Universelle (Kol Yisrael Haverim)
2012 – Mr. David Weissman, Chairman and President of the Alon Group
2013 - Mr. Zvi Neta, Chairman of the Automotive Equipment Group
2014 – Mrs. Yehudit Yovel Recanati, Founder and Chairperson of the Gandir Investments Group, Founder and Chairperson of NATAL - Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War - entrepreneur and social activist
2015 – Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize Laureate and Honorary President of the ICA
2016 – Prof. Eliezer Robinson, ICA Chairman, Past President of the Union for International Cancer Control UICC
2017 – Ms. Liora Ofer – Chairperson of the Board, Melisron Ltd.
2018 - Sir Ronald Cohen, Founder and Chairman of the Portland Trust
2019 - Prof. A Kuten, ICA Chairman, Oncologist, Radiotherapist