Noam Lanir
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Noam Lanir is an Israeli entrepreneur
and the controlling shareholder and CEO of Livermore Investment Company, which is traded on the Alternative Investment Market
since 2005.
, where his father served as a fighter pilot. Following the killing of his father, Lieutenant Colonel Avraham Lanir
, in Syrian captivity during the Yom Kippur War
, the family moved to Ramat HaSharon
, where Lanir resided until he completed his military service. He attended Rotenberg High School in Ramat HaSharon, where his course of study was History and graduated in 1985. Lanir enlisted in the IDF pilot training course, but dropped out after a year and completed his military service at the unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) unit of the Intelligence Corps (Israel).
He currently resides in Bnei Zion
, Israel. He is married and has four children.
, which is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
with a current valuation of 80 million USD. is Babylon Ltd
and the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Survivors in Israel]]
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and the controlling shareholder and CEO of Livermore Investment Company, which is traded on the Alternative Investment Market
Alternative Investment Market
AIM is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the main market....
since 2005.
Early life
Noam Lanir spent most of his early years at Hatzor AirbaseHatzor Airbase
Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base , also titled Kanaf 4 is an Israeli Air Force military air base, located in central Israel, near kibbutz Hatzor after which it is named...
, where his father served as a fighter pilot. Following the killing of his father, Lieutenant Colonel Avraham Lanir
Avraham Lanir
Avraham "Avi" Lanir was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israel Air Force. He was the highest ranking Israeli fighter pilot to fall into enemy hands. He was tortured to death by his Syrian captors.-Biography:...
, in Syrian captivity during the Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
, the family moved to Ramat HaSharon
Ramat Hasharon
Ramat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area...
, where Lanir resided until he completed his military service. He attended Rotenberg High School in Ramat HaSharon, where his course of study was History and graduated in 1985. Lanir enlisted in the IDF pilot training course, but dropped out after a year and completed his military service at the unmanned aerial vehicle
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
(UAV) unit of the Intelligence Corps (Israel).
He currently resides in Bnei Zion
Bnei Zion
Bnei Zion is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around four and a half kilometres north of Ra'anana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council...
, Israel. He is married and has four children.
Business ventures
Lanir's is the leading shareholder of the dictionary software and language solution company BabylonBabylon
Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
, which is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Tel Aviv is Israel's only stock exchange.The TASE is the only public market for trading securities in Israel. It plays a major role in the Israeli economy....
with a current valuation of 80 million USD. is Babylon Ltd
Philanthropy
Lanir's philanthropic activity includes working with Sh'erit ha-PletahSh'erit ha-Pletah
Sh'erit ha-Pletah is a biblical term used by Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust to refer to themselves and the communities they formed following their liberation in the spring of 1945....
and the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Survivors in Israel]]