Israeli Government Approves $75 Million Bid For Major Stake In El Al Airlines To Son Of Millionaire US Businessman

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An El Al plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv (David Silverman/Getty Images)

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Eli Rozenberg, the son of millionaire U.S. businessman Kenny Rozenberg, is closer to acquiring a large stake in El Al Airlines.

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Israel’s Government Companies Authority agreed to support Rozenberg’s $75 million bid for a 44.9% controlling stake in the country’s flagship airline, which has been laid low by the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli business daily Globes reported.

Now El Al must decide whether to accept the offer or take a government bailout package that would include a government-backed loan and a stock offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Under the bailout, the state would retain a 61 percent stake in the airline, leading again to its nationalization. The airline was privatized in 2004.

Rozenberg, 30, is a resident of Israel and an Israeli citizen. His father, who lives in New York, owns the Centers Health Care, a national chain of nursing homes and affiliated services in the United States.


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Triumphinwhitehouse
Triumphinwhitehouse
3 years ago

And then hell ruin the company and sell it elsewhere. Zionism is dead

Yosef
Yosef
3 years ago

Isn’t the company in ruins, or at least close to it?
Maybe he will turn it around.