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ONALD RONGOLD
Ron Krongold was born in Clarkesburg, West Virginia and moved to Miami Beach in the
late 1950’s. Ron attended Miami Beach High, as did his wife Glenda who was born at St.
Francis hospital Miami Beach. Ron attended the University of Florida and University of
Miami where he received a degree in accounting and law (Juris Doctorate).
The Krongolds live on Miami Beach as do three of their married children and 8
grandchildren.
Business career developing real estate properties in the late 1970’s in Miami-Dade
County. In 1979 he and a business associate built single-family homes in South Dade.
Gold Krown built, owned and managed a diverse portfolio of properties including
warehouses, shopping centers, office building and such. His development company
Gold Krown, L.L.C. built the Federal Express Distribution Center in downtown Miami..
Recently Gold Krown Fidelity,LLC purchased 539 condominium units in Midtown
Miami . Krongold is the president and majority owner of Gold Krown Fidelity,LLC.
Gold Krowns along with his partner Bern Levine are the developing partners and
owner of the Parrot Jungle of Watson Island, now known as Jungle Island. This is
the first new attraction built in Miami over the last 20 years and will see close to
1,000,000 visitors a year.
President and Chairman of the Board of CORNER SHOT a joint Israel-U.S.
venture which developed a devise manufactured in Israel which is a solution for a
soldier to shoot around corners without exposing himself.
Additional Companies that Krongold has an interest in:
HSBC LAND TITLE AGENCY (FLORIDA), LLC, a Florida limited liability
company and U.S. Fidelity Title Agency.
STRONG AND QUALITY, L.L.C. dealing in affordable work force housing.
Strong and Quality LLC of Miami, one of the first private developers putting up
affordable new modular homes in the Lincoln Park community of Fort Pierce
Florida.
MAGIC BOX, INC. Past chairman of the Board of Magic Box, Inc. a Florida-
based network integrator. Magic Box, founded in 1986, ranked by LAN
Magazine as one of the country's Top 100 Network Integrators as well as being
recognized as one of Florida's fastest growing technology companies and best
high-tech company. It was also named Reseller of the Year by the Computer
Technology Industry Association.
Magic Box specialized in professional services, including integration and training.
They qualified at the highest level for technical certifications and were classified as
a Novell Platinum reseller, Microsoft Solution Provider, Intel Advanced Network
reseller, 3Com Wizard, Cisco Pro Reseller and Citrix Advanced Reseller Gold.
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PHOTO EVENT SOLUTIONS, LLC a Photo Event Imaging Solutions leader in
creating imaging services and solutions that deliver once-in-a-lifetime memories
Operating in Florida, Nevada, Washington D.C. and Hawaii.
Charitable Organizations
1983 International Chairman of New Leadership for Israel Bonds.
Southeastern Chairman of the Israel Bonds Campaign and then Vice-Chairman of the
national campaign.
Past Member of Board of Directors of the Miami Jewish Federation,
Past Board of Directors of South Dade Jewish Community Center,
Past Board of Directors of Ziff Museum,
Past Member of Israel Chamber of Commerce,
Member of the National Board of Israel Bonds.
Appointed by the mayor of Miami to serve for two years as Chairman of the Music Fest
of Miami.
Member for 5 years of the Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization whose
members are the Dade County Commissioners. This organization’s main function is to
deal with transportation within Dade County.
Appointed by President George Bush to serve as a member of the Holocaust Memorial
Council . He presently serving his second term and is a member of the Committee on
Conscience and the Finance Committee of the Memorial.
Recipient of the David Ben-Gurion Peace Award, City of Peace Award, Israel Solidarity
Award, Jerusalem Peace Award, Israel Bonds Jerusalem 3000 medal, Tower of David
Award and Golda Meir Leadership Award.
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