Background
Dick was born in Haifa in 1952.
Dick was born in Haifa in 1952.
He studied at the Hebrew Reali School. After completing his military service, Dick began studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Tel-Aviv University and after receiving his Bachelor"s Degree he continued his studies and received an Master of Business Administration from the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration.
He served as a maintenance officer in the Israeli Defense Force during the Yom Kippur War. A chance encounter with prominent Israeli businessman Mozi Wertheim, one of the owners and managers of the Central Bottling Company Limited - Coca Cola Israel, led him upon graduation to a number of positions within the company. At the relatively young age of 29, Wertheim appointed Dick as the Marketing and Sales Manager of the conglomerate, a position which he held for 5 years.
His first position as Chief Executive Officer was at Ma"adanot (a company owned by Osem, Elite and Clal), which created during Dick"s tenure the successful product "Pizza Makpizza".
The new owner of Elite, British company Manitoba and David Federman recruited Dick to the new management of the food corporation as deputy Chief Executive Officer. Later on, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Jafora (soft drinks) there he launched the successful soft drink "Tapuzina" and led the creation of Ein Gedi Mineral Water. Dick later managed the retailing chain "Shekem", and then returned to the food industry as Chief Executive Officer of Elite International.
In 2003 Dick was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Bezeq, the largest telecommunications group in Israel, which was then still a state-owned enterprise. Dick led Bezeq through a successful process of privatization and reorganization as a telecommunications group.
Dick left his position at Bezeq in 2005.
Dick also serves as the president of the "Friends of Tel-Aviv University" association since 2012.
Dick is one of the owners of the Israeli regional radio station group which includes Ecology 99FM, 103FM and Radio North, he is the Israeli partner in Hot Mobile (together with Patrick Drahi - founder and head of the French telecom group Altice and the owner of Hot (Israel)) and is a shareholder and partner in the Israeli concessionaire of United Parcel Service - the world’s largest package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions.
Dick is a member of the board of directors of Bank Hapoalim, Israel"s largest bank, a member of the board of directors of Habima - Israel"s National Theatre and is a member of the management of the Israeli branch of Transparency International.
