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עמוס שפירא | |
Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
Nationality | Israeli |
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Amos Shapira (עמוס שפירא; born 1949) is an Israeli businessman. He is the former president of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa.
Shapira is a sixth-generation Israeli. His grandfather was an Orthodox rabbi in the agricultural settlement of Yesud HaMa'ala in the Hula Valley in Northern Israel. [1]
Shapira earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Haifa in 1980, and his MA in industrial management from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. [2] [3] [1]
Shapira was President and CEO of El Al Airlines from 2003 to 2005, and then of Cellcom (appointed in 2005), Israel's largest cellular provider. [2] [1] [4] [5]
He then was made President of the University of Haifa, beginning in October 2012. [4]