| Zari David (Bebo) Kovo | |
| Birth Name: | Eliezer Kovo |
| Nationality: | Bulgarian, Israeli |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Known For: | Camden Town, Stables Market |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 6, including Oded David Kobo |
Zari David "Bebo" Kovo [1] is an Israeli-Bulgarian property developer. He was one of the partners of property company Camden Market Holdings & Developments.[2] Kobo was convicted in 1979 of raping a woman who was a passenger in his car, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.[3] [4]
In the 1970s, Kobo was based in Hong Kong, as a clothing manufacturer, working closely with the Nakash Group, who owned the fashion brand Jordache.[5]
In the 1990s, Kobo alongside Richard Caring, and Elliott Bernerd, head of the British property company Chelsfield, teamed up to acquire London's Camden Market as well other properties in Camden Town. In 2014, they sold "a huge swathe" to fellow Israeli, the gambling billionaire Teddy Sagi, for £440 million.[6] [7]
He is the father of businessman Oded David Kobo.[6]
In 2015, he bought a 460 sq m house in Arsuf, for 16 million Nis, as part of a creditors' arrangement for brothers Eliyahu and Moshe Shushan and brothers Gad and Dov Slook.[8]
In 2020, he married to Israeli model Miri Bohadana, with who he is in a relationship since 2005.