Gabriel Shachor

Gabriel Shachor was born in 1963 in Gan Samuel

Gabriel Shachor was born in 1963 and grew up on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, the son of Mordechai and Lucia. His older brother is Ran Shachor, also a reserve brigadier general. As a teenager he swam breaststroke for Hapoel Givat Haim.

He joined the flight course in 1981 and completed it with honors in 1983 as an attack helicopter pilot. He flew Cobra helicopters and later served in Apache squadrons, which he went to the United States to help bring into service in 1990. He commanded the first Apache squadron from 1996, and after the 1997 helicopter disaster he took command of a Yasur squadron.

He headed planning and organization in the Air Staff and then commanded Palmachim Air Base from 2005 to 2008. He led the base during the Second Lebanon War and flew operational sorties himself. He worked on developing unmanned aircraft.

He holds a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from a Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University program. After leaving the IDF he cofounded Sky Sapience, worked at the Pitango venture fund and served as CEO of Cassiopeia. He was married to Reuma until her death in 2024, has 3 children and lives in Modiin.