Yehuda M. Fulda

Yehuda Fulda (September 2, 1975) is a businessman involved in various ventures in the US and Israel.

Education
Born in New York Fulda attended Talmudical Academy in Baltimore and University of Maryland.

Professional Life
In 1993, prior to his 18th birthday Yehuda Fulda worked for New York Life as a licensed Insurance Agent. He was one of the youngest agents to work for NYLIFE. Realizing that he could make a lot more sales by leveraging other brokers, Fulda hired 2 telemarketers to set appointments and gave the appointments to other agents to visit, splitting the commission with them. A year Fulda left to open his own telemarketing firm in Woodlawn, Maryland specializing in fundraising for various charities. Within a year the firm grew to 250 telemarketers in three locations.

In late 1995 Fulda saw the telecommunications industry booming and wanted to convert his call centers to selling long distance phone service. However, not wanting to lose his charitable fundraising operation, he coordinated with the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women to employ 350 prisoners as telemarketers to do fundraising.

In 2000 the company sold to MCI Worldcom - narrowly missing collapse of the telecom industry, and Fulda focused on funding other business interests of real estate, construction, publishing and health & fitness.

In 2001, at the age of 27 Fulda decided to partially retire from the business word and focus on teaching Jewish studies. He taught students as Torah Academy of Brooklyn in the morning and looked after his various business interests in the afternoon until 2006 when making aliyah to Israel.

Controversy
In late 2002 Fulda purchased The Kosher Gym in New York. After losing over two million on the investment, he sold to another fitness club operator. Members were very upset and an entire controversy erupted. An Attorney General investigation was opened and found no wrongdoing on behalf of the gym except for a technicality of failing to post a bond sign. Fulda called buying the gym "a mistake ".

Family
Yehuda Fulda primarily resides with his wife, Chany in Ramat Shiloh a suberb of Beit Shemesh. They have four children.