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Nazarian served as a managing partner of
Omninet Capital, "a diversified investment firm in the fields of private equity, real estate and venture capital", and managing partner of Omninet Ventures. He was also the chair of Stadco, "a leading producer of high-precision tooling and parts for the
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Nazarian started a gravel transportation business shortly after his service with the IDF. He acquired trucks and hired drivers to move gravel to construction sites in Israel. He also owned a cement factory in
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Nazarian was the founder of the Magbit
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to help Soviet Jews emigrate to Israel in the 1980s. He is a co-founder of the
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Iranian Jews struggle with segregation, presumption and assimilation -- how the stranger became the
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