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Ofer Nimrodi

Ofer Nimrodi is an Israeli jurist and businessman who heads the Israel Land Development Company and was publisher of the Ma'ariv newspaper.

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Born: 23 May 1957, Iran
Occupation: entrepreneur, publisher, businessperson
Education: Harvard Business School, Tel Aviv University

Ofer Nimrodi was born in 1957 in Iran

Ofer Nimrodi was born in Iran in 1957 to Rivka and Yaakov Nimrodi, a family of Iraqi-Jewish origin. His father was then Israel's military attaché in Iran. The family later returned to Israel and settled in Savyon.

He studied law at Tel Aviv University and graduated with honors. He interned with Supreme Court Justice Miriam Ben-Porat and with Tel Aviv District Attorney Naomi Stern, and became a lawyer. In 1989 he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In 1989 he became CEO of the Israel Land Development Company, which his father had bought. In 1992 the family bought Ma'ariv, and he became its publisher and editor-in-chief. He expanded the company's activity abroad, and in 2010 it entered the energy field.

He was convicted in 1998 of ordering illegal wiretapping and served 8 months in prison. In a later case he was convicted under a plea deal of obstruction of justice and other offenses. In 2015 he was questioned in another affair, and the case against him was closed.

He is married for the second time and has 6 children. He lives in Savyon.

Milestones in Ofer Nimrodi's life

1957
Born in Iran.
1979
Discharged from the IDF.
1989
Earned an MBA from Harvard and became CEO of Israel Land Development Company.
1992
Became publisher and editor-in-chief of Ma'ariv.
1998
Convicted of ordering illegal wiretapping.
2010
His company entered the energy field.
2011
The company sold control of Ma'ariv.
2015
Questioned in a police inquiry that was later closed.

Ofer Nimrodi served in the military

He served in the Artillery Corps as a battery commander and later as brigade support commander, and was discharged in 1979. He fought in the First Lebanon War.