Meanwhile, his highschool friend David Packouz was struggling to provide for himself and his girlfriend as an underpaid massage therapist. His goal was simple: get rich by capitalizing on the emergent need for arms dealers to facilitate weapons contracts for the US military. was born.Īrmed with a laptop, some weed, and an official business license, teenage Diveroli got to work from the sofa in his one-room apartment in Miami. He asked his father to sell him the company so that he could use it to start his own business facilitating arms contracts with the US government. named after the initials of Efraim and his siblings. His family owned a shell company called AEY, Inc. His grandfather Yoav Botach was an extremely wealthy Los Angeles property owner and his uncle is the famous rabbi Schmuley BoteachĪccording to his memoir, Diveroli dove headfirst into the world of international arms trading when he was only fifteen years old. Efraim Diveroli was born into an Orthodox Jewish family from Miami Beach, Florida and practiced strict cultural and spiritual traditions growing up. Louis, Missouri–David Packouz was a licensed massage therapist before he joined Efraim Diveroli as an international arms dealer. David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli Before They Were Famousīorn into a Jewish family in St. No one could have predicted the saga of events that unfolded after the two joined forces to provide US allies with arms during the Afghan War. When at the end of 2006 they had already amassed over $10 million in arms contracts, it was clear that the two young entrepreneurs were destined to make history. The two were only 19 and 23 years old respectively when they first came together to form their arms company in 2005. The stars of the War Dogs story are David Packouz, born 1982, and Efraim Diveroli, born 1985. The True Story of the Stoner Weapons Dealers That Scammed the US Military Warner Bros. Warning! This article contains spoilers for the movie War Dogs (2016).
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