Howard S. Jonas (born 2 June 1956) is an American businessman, and the founder of IDT Corporation[1] and Genie Energy.
Jonas is the founder of Genie Energy (NYSE: GNE, GNEPRA) and was its chairman since it was spun off from IDT Corporation in October 2011.
In 2013, Genie Energy was granted exclusive oil and gas exploration rights in the southern part of the Golan Heights by the Netanyahu government.
[5] Jonas is chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Rafael Holdings.
appeared in an anthology of articles compiled and edited by Moshe Kaplan in 2008 entitled Be a Mensch,.