Background
Yigal Arnon was born on December 9, 1929, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Yigal Arnon was born on December 9, 1929, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Yigal Arnon received his Master of Laws from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953 and was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1954.
Yigal Arnon served as the chairman of the First International Bank of Israel, the fifth-largest bank in Israel, between 1987 and 2000, followed by becoming Chairman of F.I.B.I Holdings Ltd.; Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University; and Chairman of Arkia Israel Airlines, the second-largest airliner in Israel, of which he was reported to own almost 20%.
Yigal Arnon was known to represent the Safra brothers' Israeli interests and has represented Ehud Olmert and Aryeh Deri in the past.
Yigal Arnon was married with 2 children.