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Isabel Maxwell

Isabel Maxwell is a French-born entrepreneur and the co-founder of Magellan, an early search engine that was acquired by Excite.

She has also served as the President of Commtouch, an Israeli internet company that became CYREN. From 2004 to 2010, she was a Director of Israel Venture Network, during which time she built up their Social Entrepreneur program in Israel.

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Isabel Maxwell husband

Maxwell has been married twice.

Her first marriage was in 1984 to filmmaker Dale Djerassi, an affiliate of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. He was also the son of birth control pill inventor Carl Djerassi.

They divorced later in 1989 and married dot-com entrepreneur David Hayden in 1990. Their marriage also crumbled six years later in 1996.

Afterward, she was involved with Al Seckel. However, their marriage was not official, as Seckel was still legally married to his previous wife.

They remained together till Seckel’s death in 2015.

Isabel Maxwell children

She has one child named Alexander with her first husband who was born in 1984.

Isabel Maxwell parents

She was born to Elisabeth Maxwell, a French-born Holocaust scholar, and Robert Maxwell, a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor.

Isabel Maxwell siblings

Maxwell has eight siblings. Her eight siblings include her twin sister Christine, brothers Kevin Maxwell and Ian Maxwell, and Ghislaine Maxwell.