Avi Nir
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| Born | 1961 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Residence | Israel |
| Occupation | CEO of Keshet Media Group, television broadcaster and producer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tami Nir-Gottlieb |
Avi Nir (Hebrew: אבי ניר; born 1961) is an Israeli television executive, academic, entrepreneur, writer and producer. He is the CEO of the Israeli media group Keshet Broadcasting serving as the foremost content and programming director. He is known as the Executive producer of the American television program Homeland for which he was personally granted an Emmy award.
Nir was born in Jerusalem. He holds a BA from the department of Film and Television at the Tel Aviv University. He also attended the Tel Aviv University Graduate School of Business where he received his MA and MBA. He published various academic articles and received the Sigal Prize for excellence in marketing research. His education also included a semester at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. While studying psychology, marketing and television he also taught in the University's Faculty of Management, as well as its Department of Film and Television. In 1993, he co-authored Advertising in Television: The Media, the Message, the Money with Ayalah Rahav.
He is married to Tami Nir-Gottlieb, a clinical psychologist, and has two daughters.
Nir joined Keshet in 1993. In 1994, Nir was appointed as Vice President of Marketing for Keshet. In 1998 he also became responsible for content. He served as VP of Marketing through 1999 before heading Keshet's core business as VP of Programming. He became CEO of Keshet Media Group in 2002.
As CEO of Keshet, Nir expanded the company beyond producing for the Israeli market by selling, co-developing and co-producing shows for the international market.Keshet International, the global distribution and production arm of Keshet has since expanded to include production outposts in the UK, Australia, Canada and in the US.
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