Moshe Mano

Moshe Mano (; born 1955, in Haifa, Israel) 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, which includes Mano Maritime, Mano Holidays, Bambook Properties, Flamingo Universe, Rodex and Mano City.

He holds 50% of Crown Shipping company.

The companies in the Mano Holdings Group are rated among the 100 largest companies in Israel for the Service & Trade category. Mano is the founder of the first local radio station in Israel. He is an honorary citizen of Haifa. and was also an active collaborator during the 1990s Post-Soviet aliyah (1991–2000). 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.

He published an autobiographical book called Yamim Soharim (English: Rough seas).

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. real estate, hotels in Israel and abroad, technology, communications, etc.

Mano Maritime operates a diversified shipping fleet: container ships, bulk carriers, automobile transport, and other cargo vessels. 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.

Moshe Mano is also a business angel and invests in additional fields such as the Israeli hi-tech industry. In 2023, he acquired Avantgarde Residence Corporation, which managed an assisted living apartment complex in Merkaz HaCarmel, Haifa.

In 2024, Mano expanded his real estate portfolio by acquiring the Crowne Plaza Haifa hotel (rebranded as Miravel Hotel).

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. 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.

The Israeli Navy awarded Moshe Mano the title Notable of the Israeli Navy Mano also contributes to various volunteer associations and charitable organizations such as women's shelters, boarding schools, educational institutions for children, and others. 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.

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.

Awards and recognition 1995: Honorary consul of the Russian Federation in Haifa and the North of Israel. 2009: Honorary resident of the city Alanya, Turkey. 2018: Honorary title of the city Larnaca, Cyprus 2023: Honorary title of the city Haifa, Israel.