{{Short description|Israeli businessman (born 1955)}} {{Infobox person | name = Moshe Mano | native_name = משה מנו | birth_date = 1955 | birth_place = Haifa, Israel | occupation = Businessman | known_for = Founder, President, and CEO of the Mano Holdings Group | spouse = Iris Mano | children = Moran Mano, Liran Mano, Sivan Mano | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Haifa and the North of Israel | term_start = 1995 | term_end = }} | image = Moshe Mano May 2026.jpg | caption = Moshe Mano }}
'''Moshe Mano''' ({{langx|he|משה מנו}}; born 1955, in Haifa, Israel)<ref name="Moshe Mano profile"> [http://duns100.globes.co.il/managers-1000946179 Moshe Mano profile] in Globes DUN'S 100 </ref><ref name="directors guide"> [http://directors.dundb.co.il/Details/Director.aspx?id=fBZcElARMJT4KzWNios3UQ%3d%3d&name=%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94+%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95 Moshe Mano.] in The directors guide </ref> is a businessman who is active in the maritime, hospitality, and real estate industries. He is the founder, President, and CEO of the Mano Holdings Group,<ref name="directors guide"/><ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"> [http://duns100.globes.co.il/en/companies-1000871765 Mano Maritime overwiew] in Globes DUN'S 100 </ref><ref name="bloomberg"> [https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=5843710&privcapId=5843701&pre Company Overview of Mano Maritime Ltd] in bloomberg </ref><ref name="sea of love"> "Moshe Mano: sea of love". in 100 years of achievements in Haifa metropolitan 1906-2006. Carmeli, Amos (ed.). Pirsum Neyar Publishing. 2006. p. 270-272.</ref> which includes Mano Maritime, Mano Holidays, Bambook Properties, Flamingo Universe, Rodex and Mano City. <ref name="directors guide"/><ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"/><ref name="sea of love"/><ref> Smith, C. Peter (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=4mJtBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22moshe+mano&pg=PA212 The Small-Scale Fleet: : A Visiual Showcase.] Pen and Sword publishing. p. 212. </ref> He holds 50% of Crown Shipping company.<ref>[https://www.port2port.co.il/article/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%92%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99-ONE-%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%92-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%B4%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%93/ Moshe Mano holds 50% of Crown Shipping company]. port2port. </ref>
The companies in the Mano Holdings Group are rated among the 100 largest companies in Israel for the Service & Trade category.<ref name="duns100.globes.co.il">[http://duns100.globes.co.il/en/rating?did=1001059315 Ranking of Largest Service & Trade Companies in Israel, 2014] [http://duns100.globes.co.il/en/rating?did=1001064312 Ranking of Largest Service & Trade Companies in Israel, 2013]</ref> Mano is the founder of the first local radio station in Israel.<ref name="directors guide"/><ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="sea of love"/><ref name="Lior Peri"> Peri, Lior (4 December 2009), "The next peace agreement should be signed in Haifa" in Yedioth Haifa. </ref> He is an honorary citizen of Haifa.<ref>John Ben Zaken (April 19, 2023). [https://www.maariv.co.il/lifestyle/travel/Article-996677 Moshe Mano, Mano Marimess founder, will be awarded "Haifa's Honorary Citizen"]. Maariv.</ref> and was also an active collaborator during the 1990s Post-Soviet aliyah (1991-2000).<ref name="sea of love"/>
==Biography== In 1932, at the height of the Fifth Aliyah (1929-1939), Moshe Mano's father, Mordechai Mano, emigrated with his parents from Thessaloniki, Greece to what is now Israel, along with other Greek workers who contributed to the construction of the Port of Haifa.<ref name="sea of love"/> Abba Hushi, who was head of the Workers’ Council in Haifa at the time, traveled to Thessaloniki to persuade Jewish workers to make Aliyah.<ref name="sea of love"/> Among the 100 families that agreed to relocate were members of the Mano family including Mordechai, who was only 12 years old at the time. This relocation allowed the families to escape the Holocaust, during which the Jews in Thessaloniki were persecuted and killed.<ref name="sea of love"/>
Mordechai Mano raised a family in Israel and is now considered one of the pioneers in the maritime transportation field, having founded Mano Maritime Enterprises in 1945. He died in 1969 when his son Moshe was only 14 years old.<ref name="sea of love"/> Moshe Mano, the youngest son of Esther and Mordechai Mano, was born in Haifa in 1955<ref name="Moshe Mano profile"/><ref name="directors guide"/> and has lived there ever since. He did his military service in the Israeli Air Force. He is married to Iris Mano, responsible for the Mano Group's Tourism division.<ref name="sea of love"/> His son Moran also works in the family business in the maritime transport field,<ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"/> and another son, Liran, participates in the real estate and entrepreneurship of the Mano Group.<ref> [http://www.manoholdings.com/profile/eng/sc_employee/The_company_staff_and_ships'_crews Manage Ship Department] in Mano Maritime site </ref> His daughter Sivan is a writer and an educator. Moshe Mano is fluent in Hebrew and English and speaks Arabic and Spanish.
In 2022, Moshe Mano initiated the establishment of "Mano Square" to commemorate his father Mordechai Mano, in Mount Carmel, Haifa.<ref> (July 31, 2022). [https://www.port2port.co.il/article/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%94/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%94-%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%A2%D7%B4%D7%A9-%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9B%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95-31-07-2022/ Haifa: The establishment of Mano square after Mordechai Mano]. Port2Port.</ref>
He published an autobiographical book called Yamim Soharim (English: Rough seas). <ref>[https://www.docostory.com/book/%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95 Rough seas].</ref>
==Business activities== In his early thirties, Moshe Mano decided to carry out his father's vision and establish a new maritime company. He established Mano Maritime and subsequently became a subsidiary of the Mano Holdings Group, which Mano owns.<ref name="sea of love"/> Over the years, the group has expanded to include additional activities: cargo ships, passenger ships,<ref name="Yedioth Haifa"> (3 October 2008). Moshe Mano". in Yedioth Haifa. p. 40. </ref> real estate, hotels in Israel<ref name="Calcalist"> Noy, Ariel (5 December 2012). "Businessman Moshe Mano bought Crowne Plaza Hotel from Lev Avnerovich Leviev for 70 million dollars". Calcalist. </ref> and abroad, technology, communications, etc.<ref name="sea of love"/> The company has a broad network of international relations and cooperates with global maritime companies such as the Japanese transportation company "K" Line and Ocean Network Express (“ONE”).<ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"/><ref> Baron, Lior (15 January 2008). " Mitsui O.S.K. Lines initiates business in Israel." in Globes. p.12. (June 2008), "Companies SAL and K-LINE will cooperate in carrying special cargo." In Hamteen – a professional magazine. </ref>
Mano Maritime operates a diversified shipping fleet: container ships, bulk carriers, automobile transport, and other cargo vessels.<ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew" /> In 2009, Mano commenced managing the Golden Iris cruise ship and soon afterward began operating leading cruises from and to Israel.<ref>Kfiri, Avi (12 January 2007). "Staying in Haifa". In Zman Haifa. Benzaquen, John (18 May 2010). "Smooth sailing". in Jerusalem Post. p. 29. </ref> In 2018, Mano commenced managing the cruise ship Crown Iris. In the real estate field, the company buys and leases commercial buildings, and in 2012, it entered the hotel industry by acquiring hotel properties both locally and internationally.<ref name="Calcalist" /> Four of the company's ships (Royal Iris, Golden Iris, Crown Iris, The Iris) are named after Iris Mano, Moshe Mano's wife.
For the past few years, Moshe Mano, the Mano Group, and Mano Maritime Ltd. have been listed among the top 100 companies on the Israeli market in the Dun & Bradstreet ratings in the service & trade category.<ref name="duns100.globes.co.il"/> and listed in the BDI rating in the BdiCode, services, and transportation.<ref> [https://www.bdicode.co.il/en/company/mano-maritime-en/ Mano Maritime in BDI]</ref>
Moshe Mano is also a business angel and invests in additional fields such as the Israeli hi-tech industry.<ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"/><ref> (20 February 2011). "Moshe Mano joined the delegation for canceling visas between Ukraine and Israel." Port 2 Port.</ref> In 2023, he acquired Avantgarde Residence Corporation, which managed an assisted living apartment complex in Merkaz HaCarmel, Haifa.<ref> (December 3, 2023). [https://www.calcalist.co.il/real-estate/article/bjlquzqb6 Moshe Mano acquired an assisted living complex in Merkaz HaCarmel for 170 million shekels]. Calcalist.</ref>
In 2024, Mano expanded his real estate portfolio by acquiring the Crowne Plaza Haifa hotel (rebranded as Miravel Hotel).<ref>{{cite web |date=15 March 2024 |title=Moshe Mano received the exclusivity for the "Crown Plaza" hotel in Haifa |url=https://haipo.co.il/en/item/501016 |access-date=11 December 2025 |publisher=Hai Pa News}}</ref>
==Social and community activities== From 1991 through the mid-2000s, during the period of the 1990s Post-Soviet aliyah, Moshe Mano collaborated with the EEF and sent Mano Maritime's passenger ships to bring over 120,000 immigrants to Israel from the former USSR.<ref name="sea of love"/> In 1995, Mano was awarded the title of honorary consul of Russia in Haifa and the north of Israel.<ref name="sea of love"/>
In 1991 he established Radio 1 (later become Haifa Radio) the first local radio station in Israel, broadcasting to the North and throughout the Haifa region.<ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="sea of love"/><ref> Godder, Itay (26 September 2009). [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/16/ART1/943/141.html "Special interview with Moshe Mano".] Nrg Maariv. and: [http://www.the7eye.org.il/71718 "From pirate to local: The evolution of the local radio in Haifa and the north".] From the book Shaham and Friends. Yedioth publishing house. 2013</ref> In 2025, he joined as a senior partner to "Radio Kol Rega," a regional radio station, along with its founder, media anchor, and journalist Chaim Hecht.<ref> (February 5, 2025). [https://b.walla.co.il/item/3724586 Mano Shippings wants a media holding: joined as a partner in "Radio Kol Rega"]. Walla!.</ref>
The Israeli Navy awarded Moshe Mano the title Notable of the Israeli Navy<ref name="directors guide"/><ref name="Mano Maritime overwiew"/><ref name="bloomberg"/> for his many years of contribution and assistance to both the sailors and the Navy in different domains including a memorial cruise to the INS Dakar submarine for the benefit of families of the crew.<ref> [http://www.port2port.co.il/article/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%93-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95/ "Israeli Navi commander Awarded the rank of “Notable” to Moshe Mano"], in Port2Port site </ref> Mano also contributes to various volunteer associations and charitable organizations such as women's shelters, boarding schools, educational institutions for children, and others.<ref> Zion, Hila (12 August 2010). "The city". in Maariv business. p. 9 And: (20 October 2010). "Soaps". in Yedioth Ahronoth finance. p. 11. </ref> He has also contributed to the community by providing leisure cruises for holocaust survivors, children with cancer or at risk, scholarship for Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and others in need.<ref> Feler, Ariel (15 May 2014). [http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/0020-D-348565-00.html "Free leisure cruise for holocaust survivors".] in New1. and Haelion-Mazarich, Rachel (April 2009). [http://www.ighs.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kol-Hanitsolim-12.pdf "A cruise by Mano Maritime in May 2008".] in Kol-Hanitsolim (The voice of the survivors). p. 10. and (11 September 2005). [http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/124106 "12 years old cancer patient went to cruise to Greece".] in Arutz Sheva and Ben-Ami, Shimon (31 March 2014). [http://www.zepo.co.il/katava.asp?NewsID=21438&CatID=11 "Donation on a ship by Mano Maritime in Haifa by the Israeli cancer organization".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208202741/http://www.zepo.co.il/katava.asp?NewsID=21438&CatID=11 |date=2015-12-08 }} in Zepo. and (31 March 2014). [http://www.port2port.co.il/article/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9F/ "The Golden Iris for the Israeli cancer organization"]. in Port2Port. (April 23, 2023). [https://haifa.mynet.co.il/local_news/article/bjrd1sm7h Moshe Mano, Mano Maritime's founder will receive Haifa Honorary title]. Ynet.</ref>
In June 2025, during the Twelve-Day War, Moshe Mano initiated and carried out the shipping of thousands of Israelis from abroad to Israel using Mano Maritime ships, following the closure of Israeli airspace and the suspension of flights to and from the country.<ref>Guterzon, Dana (June 20, 2025). [https://www.mako.co.il/travel-world/Article-d1879cebdeb8791026.htm Not Exactly a Vacation: This Is What the Journey Back Looked Like on the Rescue Cruise]. Mako.</ref>
==Awards and recognition== *1995: Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Haifa and the North of Israel.<ref name="directors guide"/><ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="sea of love"/><ref name="Lior Peri"/><ref name="Yedioth Haifa"/> *2005: Awarded the rank of “Notable” by the Israeli Navy for services rendered.<ref name="bloomberg"/> *2009: The Israeli Economy award by Haifa University.<ref> (30 November 2009). [http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=1708 Business Leaders Forum inaugurated at home of Russian Ambassador], Haifa University site. </ref> *2009: Honorary resident of the city Alanya, Turkey.<ref> [http://www.turizmdosyasi.com/israil-moshe-mano-sirketine-gumus-anahtar-h1828.html İSRAİL MOSHE MANO ŞİRKETİNE GÜMÜŞ ANAHTAR], turizmdosyasi, 12 Ekim 2009</ref> *2018: Honorary title of the city Larnaca, Cyprus <ref> [https://newshaifakrayot.net/?p=100744 Larnaka's honorary title], Haifa News, May 25, 2018 </ref> *2023: Honorary title of the city Haifa, Israel.<ref>[https://www.maariv.co.il/lifestyle/travel/Article-996677 Moshe Mano, Mano Maritime's founder will receive "Haifa honorary" title]. Maariv online.</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.mano.co.il/?manoLang=eng Mano Holdings Ltd.’s official website] *[http://duns100.globes.co.il/en/companies-1000871765 Mano Group on D&S 100 Leading Companies in the Israeli Market] *[http://www.manoholdings.com/profile/eng/sc_press/Moshe_Mano_-_CEO/ Moshe Mano President Mano Holdings Group]
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