Bebo Kobo

Bebo Kobo
Born Eliezer Kobo
Nationality Israeli
Occupation businessman
Spouse(s) Miri Bohadana
Children 6, including Oded David Kobo

Eliezer "Bebo" Kobo is an Israeli businessman, the chairman and CEO of the property company Camden Market Holdings & Developments.

Career

In the 1970, Kobo was based in Hong Kong, as a clothing manufacturer, working cloesly with Richard Caring, who owned the Israeli fashion brand Jump. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kobo expanded into Florida and for a time was in partnership with the Nakash brothers in owning the American clothing company Jordache.[1]

In the 1990s, Kobo, Caring, and Elliott Bernerd, head of the British property company Chelsfield, teamed up to to acquire London's Camden Market, and Bebo had a 50% share. In 2014, they sold "a huge swathe" to fellow Israeli, the gambling billionaire Teddy Sagi, for £400 million.[1][2]

Kobo is the chairman and CEO of Camden Market Holdings & Developments, Stanley Sidings, and Stables Market Property Group.[3]

Personal life

He is the father of Oded David Kobo,[1] and has five other children.[4]

He is married to Israeli model Miri Bohadana.[1]

In 2015, he bought a 460 sq m house in Arsuf, an "exclusive cliff-top community", for NIS 16 million, as part of a creditors' arrangement for brothers Eliyahu and Moshe Shushan and brothers Gad and Dov Slook.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sadeh, Shuki (10 June 2016). "Who Is Oded Kobo? Natural-born Businessman or Celebrity Sidekick". Haaretz. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Restaurant tycoon Richard Caring earns £260m 'war chest' for new ventures after Camden Market deal". London Evening Standard. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Bebo Kobo - London, United Kingdom.". About.me. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  4. ↑ Bebo KoboLondon, United Kingdom. "Bebo Kobo - London, United Kingdom.". about.me. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Bebo Kobo buys home near Herzliya for NIS 16m". Globes English. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  6. ↑ Harriet Sherwood, Beny Steinmetz: Israeli diamond dealer who likes to keep a low profile, The Guardian, 30 July 2013.
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