Uri Agmon

Uri Agmon was born in 1953 in Tel Aviv

Uri Agmon was born in Tel Aviv on September 3, 1953, and grew up in Tzahala with his sister Tali. His father Shmuel was born in Lithuania, served in the British Army and the Jewish Brigade, and later in the Haganah and the IDF. His mother Aviva was a translator and book editor.

He studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium as part of the military boarding school for command and finished in 1971. He later earned a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration at the University of Haifa.

Agmon served in the Armored Corps from 1971 to 1995. He fought in the Yom Kippur War and the First Lebanon War, commanded Brigade 500 and became commander of the 252nd Division in 1991.

After his release he worked in security consulting and became CEO of Mercury, leaving in 2002. He then managed the heavy ammunition division of Israel Military Industries until 2004. He chaired Lahavot from 2008 to 2013 and in 2013 became president of the startup Typemock.

He lives in Ramot Naftali, where he planted a vineyard with a partner and set up a house for Israel Trail hikers. He volunteers as a teacher at a pre-military academy. He is married to Orital and has 3 daughters.