MagicJack Founder Dies Of Sudden Heart Attack

Mark Melin

Published onJuly 23, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

MagicJack VocalTec Ltd (NASDAQ:CALL)’s innovative founder, Dan Borislow, died unexpectedly Monday.

MagicJack founder had a heart attack after soccer game

After coaching his daughter’s soccer team in West Palm Beach, Florida, Borislow, 52, was reported to be playing soccer in a men’s league in neighboring Jupiter. After the game he died of a heart attack.

Borislow had pulled back from the company he founded, taking the advice of Larry Page and Carlos Slim, working less and enjoying life more. Gerald Vento had replaced him as CEO at MagicJack Vocaltec in January...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.