Career
According to news reports his worth is at least £600m and was ranked 70th in the 2009 Sunday Times rich list. He established Lee Baron Commercial Limited, a firm of property consultants with a wide range of clients, where he still holds the position of non-executive director, and was chief executive of Bourne End Properties Public Limited Company between 1989 and 1997, a listed property investment company where his family trusts were the main shareholders. Noe"s British-Israel company, F&C Real Estate Investment Trust, is now the largest owner of shopping malls in Israel with a €1.5bn (£12bn) portfolio.
Real Estate Investment Trust Israel Group (formerly Azorim Properties) owns a $20 million 11,000 square-meter shopping center at the entrance to Nahariya.
Noe was the lead buyer in an attempted takeover of Shufersal, buying Nochi Dankner"s majority stake in the business. His companies operate in India, South America and Africa, and Europe.
Primarily through the Rachel Charitable Trust, Leo Noé is a noted philanthropist and benefactor to various charities in the United Kingdom and Israel and is a trustee and patron to a number of leading education and welfare institutions. He is an active participant in education strategy and planning projects, with a particular and keen interest in Special Needs Education in both the United Kingdom and Israel.
Leo was instrumental in securing SEN as a specialism under the schools funding programme and has committed his time and energy to SEN within the Jewish Community and to over 50 SEN schools outside of the Jewish Community.
Leo established the Kemach Foundation in 2007, based on the belief that for the Haredi community to become part of Israeli economic society and for Israeli society to accept the Haredi community, they have to integrate into the workforce. lieutenant has become the premier agency for higher education and employment for the Haredi community in every city and institution throughout Israel. Leo’s philanthropic approach is based on education, training and collaboration, aiming to create employment opportunities, encourage tolerance and build sustainable communities.
Rachel Charitable Trust, benefactor to various charities within the United Kingdom and Israel
Special Educational Needs (SEN) in both the United Kingdom and Israel.
Pledged £750,000 in 2005 to special-needs education in the United Kingdom. Kemach Foundation: "..to help Haredi students sustain themselves in dignity. Behind Kemach stands philanthropist Leo Noé, owner of British company Reit Asset Management.".
