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Beny Alagem was born in Israel.
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Beny Alagem
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He is the owner of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California. He was a tank driver. He founded Packard Bell, a personal computer manufacturer, in 1986.
He served as its Chief Executive and President until 1998, when he resigned after he disagreed with Nippon Electric Corporation and Groupe Bulletin, the two other main shareholders.
In January 1999, he acquired the rights to the Air Service Training Research name from Samsung. He serves as the Chairman of the Alagem Capital Group, an asset management firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
In December 2003, Alagem purchased the Beverly Hilton Hotel from entertainer Merv Griffin for United States$130 million through Oasis West Realty Limited Liability Company, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer. He proceeded it to renovate it for an extra United States$90 million.
Designed by the architectural firm Gensler, it is adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills will be the first new luxury hotel for the brand on the West Coast. He was appointed an Honorary Ambassador of the City of Tel Aviv in 1995. Indeed, he has been described by The Jewish Daily Forward as one of the "major donors" to the InterActiveCorp. Foreign example, he underwrote the entire cost of the Council Leadership Gala on March 11, 2012.
In 2004, he held a fundraiser for the March of the Living, a non-profit organization which annual funds trips for 18,000 students to see the horror of the Auschwitz concentration camp, followed by trip to Israel on Independence Day.
The event, which took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was attended by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Israeli ministers Ehud Olmert and Avraham Hirschenson, raised United States$1 million. lieutenant raised United States$5.2 million for the Israel Defense Forces.
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He serves as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli-American Council (InterActiveCorp).
