Draft:Ronit Raphael

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| native_name = רונית רפאל

| birth_date = May 6 1966

| birth_place = Pedaya, Israel

| nationality = {{Flag|Israel||+}}

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Ronit Raphael (Hebrew: רונית רפאל; born May 6, 1966) is an Israeli businesswoman specializing in cosmetics and beauty. She is the founder of the Israeli "Ronit Raphael" beauty center chain and the international beauty chain L.RAPHAEL.

Biography

Rafael was born and raised in Pedaya to a family of 7 children. She studied for four years at Amal A' School in Ramla. In 1986, after completing her military service, she established her first cosmetics salon in Tel Aviv, which offered cosmetic treatments and a tanning bed. In 1998, she entered the field of plastic surgery..{{cite web |date= 6 April 2023|title=רונית רפאל: "כל בוקר אני קמה למלחמה, לא ל'איזה כיף, אני אבלה היום ביאכטה'" |work= Ynet| url=https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/r1griqkzh |trans-title=Ronit Raphael: "Every morning I wake up for war, not for 'what fun! I'll spend the day on a yacht!'"

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The beauty center chain she founded, "Ronit Raphael", is the largest in its field in Israel, with six branches and an estimated annual turnover of tens of millions of shekels. In 2005, she opened two beauty center branches in Switzerland, under the international brand L.RAPHAEL, with whom she co-founded with her second husband, Jonathan Leitersdorf, an architect and owner of the venture capital fund "El Capital"{{cite web |date= 30 November 2004|title=ראובני פרידן זכה בתקציב רונית רפאל בהיקף של עד 1.5 מיליון דולר |work= Globes|url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=859160 |trans-title=Reuveni Friedan won a Ronit Raphael budget of up to $1.5 million. |language=Hebrew |location= |publisher= |access-date=|last1= ביין|first1= ענת}}

In 2009, Rafael and her international brand were chosen to be the official beauty treatment provider for international film stars attending the Cannes Film Festival. In the following years, she opened spas under her brand at the Four Seasons Hotel in Paris and the luxury Hotel Martins in Cannes.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=11 May 2009 |title=מותג ישראלי בשת"פ עם Chopard מנותני החסויות בפסטיבל קאן |url=https://www.news1.co.il/Archive/0020-D-200010-00.html |trans-title=Israeli brand in partnership with Chopard among Cannes Film Festival sponsors

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In 2021, Ronit Rafael acquired the Studio C chain, an Israeli chain founded in 1990 and specializing in a variety of classes and sports activities for women in the fields of toning, postpartum exercise, fitness and diet{{cite web |date= |title=אחרי ששיפרה את ההצעה, רונית רפאל תרכוש את סטודיו סי תמורת כ-1.1 מיליון שקל |work= TheMarker Online|url=https://www.themarker.com/news/2021-08-15/ty-article/.premium/0000017f-e3ab-d804-ad7f-f3fb4df80000 |trans-title=After negotiating the offer, Ronit Rafael will purchase Studio C for approximately 1.1 million shekels. |language=Hebrew |location= |publisher= |access-date=|last1= נוימן|first1= אפרת}}

Rafael has been married twice and has three children. A son, Lee, is from her first marriage, and two daughters, Julian and Sarah, are from her second marriage.. She is the aunt of Israeli singer Yuval Rafael.

References

:Category:Moshavniks

:Category:Cosmetics businesspeople

:Category:Israeli businesspeople

:Category:Israeli women in business