Jacky Ben-Zaken ( he, ג'קי בן זקן; born 1967 in

Mazkeret Batya Mazkeret Batya ( he, מַזְכֶּרֶת בַּתְיָה) (lit. "Batya Memorial") is a local council in central Israel located southeast of Rehovot and from Tel Aviv. Mazkeret Batya spans an area of 7,440 dunams (7 km²). In it had a pop ...

) is an Israeli businessman from

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

. His main business focus is in yielding real estate. He is also known as owner of the

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football club

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

Early life

Ben-Zaken was born in 1967 in Mazkeret Batya. He moved to

after his mother second marriage. The family was not wealthy and he worked in random coming works (like flowers sale) during his school years. After his military service in

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he started to work in insurance agency belonging to

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- one of the leaders of

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community in Israel.

Politics

When in 1988

was elected to

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Ben-Zaken became his parliamentary adviser. In 1993 Ben-Zaken was elected to

municipality as leader of "''Tzeirey Ashdod''" faction.

Real estate

In 1997, in partnership with Avraam Nanikashvili and old friend, retired footballer

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he initiated Filgar LTD company. Using explosive population growth of Ashdod the company upgraded their business facilities and the group started to invest in yielding real estate across the Israel. In 2005 they bought financial group "Financial Levers LTD". Using successful capital raising in

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"Financial Levers LTD" started in series of acquisitions in Israel and abroad mainly in

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and

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F. C. Ashdod

Ben-Zaken is head of management of

. Under their rule the club stabilized and keep a position in the upper part of the

. The Ashdod football school is one of the best in the country and the club based on its own players.

Stock manipulation

Ben=Zaken served 16 months in an Israeli prison after being convicted for

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and was released on April 1, 2018.

References

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