Yakir Gabay

Yakir Gabay was born in 1966 in Jerusalem

Yakir Gabay was born in Jerusalem in 1966. His father, Meir Gabay, was Director-General of the Ministry of Justice and Civil Service Commissioner of Israel. His mother, Yemima Gabay, was a senior official in the State Attorney's Office and headed the Pardons Department of the Ministry of Justice.

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting and an MBA in finance and business development at the Hebrew University. He began working in the Prospectus Department of the Israel Securities Authority.

He then worked as an investment banker in the capital market. In the mid-1990s he was CEO of the investment banking arm of Bank Leumi. In the early 2000s he was chairman and partner of Gmul Investments.

In 2004 he started real estate investments in Berlin and later expanded across Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. He listed Grand City Properties in 2012 and Aroundtown in 2015. Aroundtown merged with TLG Immobilien in 2020.

He lives in Cyprus and is married to Elena, with whom he divides his time between London and Cyprus. In 2026 he joined the Gaza Executive Board of Peace.