Joseph Nakash

Joseph "Joe" Nakash (; born 1942) is an Israeli-American businessman, real estate investor, and co-founder of Jordache Enterprises. In 2020, Forbes magazine estimated his family's net worth at $1.93 billion.

Early life Nakash was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to parents of Syrian Mizrahi Jewish descent. In 1962, he immigrated to New York City,

Career In 1974, Nakash and his brothers pooled $20,000 in savings to purchase an appliance store called V.I.M. and open a retail store in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Latching onto the newfound popularity of designer jeans, they sold irregular jeans. By 1978, they had four stores.

Nakash hired advertising executive Howard Goldstein, who in turn hired composer and lyricist Leigh Crizoe, known for producing many popular advertising campaigns and jingles in New York City. Crizoe created the "You've Got The Look I Want To Know Better, The Jordache Look" music jingle and campaign for the Nakash brothers. The Nakash Brothers funded the campaign with $300,000 of their own money and $250,000 from Israel's Bank Leumi. In 1981 they started licensing the brand, which added $100 million to their $200 million a year in wholesale revenue for its jeans and expanded their line to include children's clothing, makeup, handbags, and suitcases. In 1989, a California superior court jury found that the Naskash brothers had fraudulently lured the Marcianos into the transaction. In the 1990s the Jordache brand suffered in the face of new competition. They own the Park Plaza Orchid Hotel in Tel Aviv and the Kineret Orchid Vacation Resort on the Sea of Galilee. where the Nakashes own five other hotels. In April 2013, they purchased—via their Papo Shipping Company—the exclusive right to operate the Port of Eilat in Israel and "$250,000 to Trump's Victory PAC".

During Trump's second term in office, private jets owned by shell companies connected to Nakash and Eli Gindi were used for at least 8 flights deporting migrants from the United States, including deportations to third countries where those migrants had no ties, and where they were held in indefinite detention.

Personal life Nakash is a practicing Jew. He is considered the patriarch of the Nakash family.