Bebo Kobo

Bebo Kobo
Born Eliezer Kobo
1951 (age 66–67)
Nationality Israeli
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Miri Bohadana
Children 6, including Oded David Kobo

Eliezer "Bebo" Kobo (born 1951)[1] is an Israeli businessman, the chairman and CEO of the property company Camden Market Holdings & Developments, Stanley Sidings, and the Stables Market Property Group.

Career

In the 1970s, Kobo was based in Hong Kong, as a clothing manufacturer, working closely 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.[2]

In the 1990s, Kobo, Caring, and Elliott Bernerd, head of the British property company Chelsfield, teamed up 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.[2][3]

Prior to purchasing Camden Market and Properties, Kobo owned a similar market in Miami, Florida for a number of years.[4]

Personal life

He is the father of Oded David Kobo,[2] and has five other children.[5]

He is married to Israeli model Miri Bohadana.[2]

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.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "בבו קובו: סוחר הג'ינסים שנהפך לטייקון לונדוני". Calcalist. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sadeh, Shuki (10 June 2016). "Who Is Oded Kobo? Natural-born Businessman or Celebrity Sidekick". Haaretz. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Restaurant tycoon Richard Caring earns £260m 'war chest' for new ventures after Camden Market deal". London Evening Standard. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bebo Koko". About Me.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Bebo KoboLondon, United Kingdom. "Bebo Kobo - London, United Kingdom". about.me. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bebo Kobo buys home near Herzliya for NIS 16m". Globes English. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Harriet Sherwood, Beny Steinmetz: Israeli diamond dealer who likes to keep a low profile, The Guardian, 30 July 2013.
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