Amos Shapira | |
Native Name: | עמוס שפירא |
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| notable_works = | style = | height = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}Amos Shapira (עמוס שפירא; born 1949) is an Israeli businessman. He is the former president of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa.
Shapira is a sixth-generation Israeli. His grandfather was an Orthodox rabbi in the agricultural settlement of Yesud HaMa'ala in the Hula Valley in Northern Israel.[1]
Shapira earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Haifa in 1980, and his MA in industrial management from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.[2] [3] [1]
Shapira was President and CEO of El Al Airlines from 2003 to 2005, and then of Cellcom (appointed in 2005), Israel's largest cellular provider.[2] [1] [4] [5]
He then was made President of the University of Haifa, beginning in October 2012.[4]