Gideon Bickel
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Gideon Bickel (Hebrew: גדעון ביקל) is an Israeli businessman. Bickel was the owner of Flora Stock Exchange in Belgium. He was chairman and owner of Carmel Agrexco.
Biography
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Bickel finished undergraduate studies in agronomy at the Hebrew University. He has several master degrees, and he holds a doctorate in social sciences from the University of Haifa. In addition, he graduated the National Security College with honors.
Bickel is a retired colonel (in reserve duty) in the IDF, a commander in the paratroopers and was wounded in Six-Day War during the break to Jerusalem. He served in Yom Kippur War and in the first Lebanon war, in 1982.
Career
[edit]Bickel began his business career in 1968 as a farmer and exporter of agricultural produce. In 1997 acquired Flora, the flower exchange in Belgium, which was sold after six years of operation to a Belgian shopping center.[citation needed] In 2011, Bickel purchased Agrexco, an agricultural export company.[1][2][3] Under his directorship, the company was renamed Carmel Agrexco.[citation needed]
Bickel is the owner of Hadarim, a shopping mall in Netanya.[1][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 פרוינד, אורן (2015-01-26). "גדעון ביקל במגעים לגיוס הון של 100 מיליון שקל לאגרקסקו" [Gideon Bickel is in talks to raise ILS 100 million for Agrexco]. כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ Cohen, Amiram (November 23, 2011). "הממונה על ההגבלים אישר מכירת אגרקסקו לגדעון ביקל" [The Antitrust Commissioner approved the sale of Agrexco to Gideon Bikel]. TheMarker News (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2021-10-31.
- ↑ Cohen, Amiram (June 19, 2012). "No, Gideon Bickel Didn't Buy Agrexco to Get Revenge". Haaretz.
- ↑ Shauly, Avi; Levy-Weinrib, Ela (September 21, 2011). "Bickel Flowers likely to buy Agrexco for NIS 40m". Globes.