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Ilan Ben-Dov ((ヘブライ語:אילן בן דב)) (born 16 January 1957 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli businessman and investor.〔(Ilan Ben Dov profile at forbes.com )〕 ==Biography== Ilan Ben-Dov started in business at the age of 17, working as a games operator at a swimming pool.〔("Ben-Dov started out at 17 as the franchisee to operate games at a swimming pool." )〕 He began importing SEGA electronic games 13 years later, before founding Suny Electronics Ltd in 1991.〔(suny electronic inc ltd Founded in 1991 )〕 In 1993, during a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange bubble, Suny raised NIS 20 million in an IPO.〔(Suny raised NIS 20 million in an IPO )〕 In 1998, Ben-Dov obtained the Israel franchise to import Samsung Electronics cellular telephones, 〔(Samsung granted to ben dov it's Israeli franchise license )〕 and acquired control of the Achla web portal from Avi and Hagit Maor in September 1999.〔(Sunny Acquires 80% of Achla Portal )〕 Acquisitions continued to grow the empire, and in January 2001 Ben-Dov acquired the Tapuz web portal for $450,000 〔(Suny buying Tapuz portal for $450,000 )〕 through Achla. In March 2000 Pelephone and Ben-Dov launched GoNext, the first wireless Internet company in Israel.〔(Pele-Phone, Suny.com Launch GONEXT - 1st Israeli Wireless Internet Company )〕 On 29 October 2002, Ben-Dov sold all of his shares in GoNext to Pelephone for NIS 42 million.〔(GoNext dispute over )〕 On 27 December 2004, he sold 3% of IDB Holding Corp. to Nochi Dankner.〔(Nochi Dankner buys 3% of IDB from Ilan Ben Dov )〕 On 4 April 2005, he bought more 6.3% of Giron shareholding.〔( Ilan Ben-Dov hikes Giron shareholding to 6.3% )〕 In 2005, Ben-Dov expanded his financing activity and founded Tao Tsuot Ltd., which made a number of leveraged investments in public companies.〔("Ben-Dov decided to expand his financing activity, and founded Tao Tsuot Ltd." )〕 However, these investments were made at the height of the bull market. Tao took a severe battering during the market crash in 2008,〔("Tao took a severe battering" )〕 posting heavy losses as share prices crashed, and it fell into a shareholders' equity deficit. In 2008 Ben-Dov restructured Suny's holdings and sold the Samsung cellular telephone import business to Suny subsidiary Scailex Corp. ltd. Except for importing Samsung cellular telephones, Suny was active in the Internet service field through its controlling interest in Internet portal Tapuz People Ltd and BlogTV. In August 2009 Ben Dov acquired control of Partner Communications from Hutchison Telecommunications International for NIS 4.7 billion (about $1.38 billion),〔(Ilan Ben-Dov buys controlling interest of Partner for $1.38 billion )〕 in one of the biggest transactions the Israeli market had seen. This was financed through loans provided by the financial institutions that bought his bonds, the banks, and Hutchison's seller's loan. On 10 January 2010, Ben-Dov sold 4.92% of Azorim Investment, Development and Construction Ltd. for NIS 36.8 million.〔( Ben-Dov liquidates Azorim stake )〕 In October 2010 Ben-Dov bought 012 Smile for NIS 1.5 billion.〔( Partner buying 012 Smile )〕 In December 2012 Ben dov sold 30.7 percent of Partner Communications along with control of the company to Haim Saban. 〔(Scailex sells Israel's Partner to Saban )〕 In 6 May 2013 Ben Dov put Tapuz up for sale. 〔(Ben-Dov auctions Tapuz )〕 On 10 July 2013 a Court ordered a liquidation for Ben-Dov's Tao.〔(Court orders liquidation for Ben-Dov's Tao )〕 The following day Bank Leumi granted a temporary foreclosure order against Ben-Dov's assets.〔(Leumi attempts to seize Ben-Dov's assets )〕 In September 2013 Ben Dov sold the Tapuz web portal to Trendline Information and Communication Services Ltd. for NIS 4.3 million.〔(Trendline buys Tapuz Internet activity )〕 In 23 June 2014 Scailex board ousts Ilan Ben-Dov as chairman.〔(Scailex board ousts Ilan Ben-Dov as chairman )〕 Ben-Dov has made a number of financial investments, and Suny has become a party at interest in several companies, including IDB Holding Corp. Ltd.〔("Suny has become a party at interest in several companies, including IDB Holding Corp. Ltd." )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ilan Ben-Dov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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