O. D. Kobo
Israeli businessman
Oded David Kobo (Hebrew: קובו עודד; born August 30, 1975), better known as O. D. Kobo, is a Hong Kong-born businessman in the technology sector.
As of 2023, The Sunday Times Rich List estimates Kobo's net worth to be £225 million.
Early life and education
Kobo was born in Hong Kong to a Jewish family, the son of Bebo and Ruth Kobo. He attended the Hong Kong International School and then moved to United Kingdom where he attended Regents Business School London and later the London School of Economics for finance and business administration.
Career
Kobo's business interests have ranged from technology to property to private equity with nearly US$1 billion in exits.
Kobo started his career at the age of twenty-one by licensing patented technology to the online lottery industry with e-Lottery (once the domain holder of Lottery.com). He later established several China based investment firms namely KGIM and SinoSheen of which both were partnered with the prime minister of Qatar Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. KGIM was acquired in 2010 for US$120 million by East River Capital (a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority) and SinoSheen had invested in companies such as Tencent, Netease and Alibaba pre-IPO before it was too acquired in 2011 for US$52 million.
In 2008, Kobo co-founded PIR Equities with childhood friend Joseph Aaron Horowitz, an employee owned private equity firm. According to Globes, the firm raised US$980 million that year to pursue value based investments within the financial services, technology and real estate industries.
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