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Yosef Maiman

Yossi Maiman was an Israeli businessman who founded the Merhav Group and held stakes in the EMG gas company and Channel 10.

1946 to 2021Founding the Merhav GroupEgypt-Israel gas deal through EMGOwnership of AmpalShareholder of Channel 10

Born: 8 February 1946, Landsberg am Lech
Died: 9 October 2021, Herzliya
Occupation: businessperson, chief executive officer
Education: Cornell University, University of Texas at El Paso

Yosef Maiman was born in 1946 in Landsberg am Lech

Yossi Maiman was born in 1946 in a displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. His mother, Esfira, was a Holocaust survivor from Poland who was hidden by a Catholic woman later honored by Yad Vashem. The family moved to Peru, where he grew up.

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Texas at El Paso and a master's degree in economics at Cornell University. He then worked in Peru before moving to Israel.

In 1975 he founded the Merhav Group, which worked on projects in energy, agriculture and infrastructure in several countries. In 2002 he bought the Ampal-American Israel Corporation and led it until 2013, when losses followed the end of gas contracts between Egypt and Israel. He was a partner in the EMG gas consortium and invested in Channel 10 from 2003 to 2009.

He served as honorary consul of Israel to Peru and as Israel's special ambassador to Turkmenistan. In Peru, his company Ecoteva was linked to corruption allegations against former president Alejandro Toledo, and he was summoned to court in 2016. He said he was the victim of a smear campaign.

He was married and had 3 children, and lived in Herzliya Pituah. He died on 9 October 2021.