TheMarker enterprise each day launched its list of the 500 wealthiest Israelis this week, although one identify was noticeably absent from the top of the ranks.
The newspaper stated the rankings had been already finalized earlier than Roman Abramovich, a Russian-Jewish billionaire, immigrated to Israel final month following difficulties renewing his British visa.
Abramovich, who owns London’s Chelsea soccer membership, is value $12.5 billion based on the British press, which made him Israel’s richest citizen upon transferring to the nation.
In Abramovich’s absence, topping this 12 months’s rankings was Eyal Ofer, a delivery and actual property magnate value $9.3 billion based on the newspaper. Ofer owns delivery agency Zodiac Group, and actual property agency Global Holdings.
In this March 22, 2014 file picture, Chelsea’s Russian proprietor Roman Abramovich applauds his gamers after they defeated Arsenal 6-Zero in an English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Ofer’s father Sami Ofer owned a controlling stake within the delivery large Zim in 2004, making him one of Israel’s richest males for years.
Eyal Ofer’s brother Idan Ofer, who additionally owns elements of their late father’s empire, was 15th on the list, with a $2.25 billion estimated internet value.
In second on the list at $9 billion was the household of Stef Wertheimer, a German-born Israeli industrialist who bega one of the world’s largest corporations for metalworking instruments.
Patrick Drahi, a French-Israeli businessman who owns the Netherlands-based telecoms agency Altrice, positioned third with a $6.5 billion analysis, based on The Marker.
Shari Arison (picture credit score: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
Shari Arison, Israel’s richest lady, was fourth on the list with an internet value of $5.5 billion. Much of her wealth comes from a controlling curiosity in Carnival Cruise Line and Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank.
Rounding out the top 5 was the Azrieli household, whose late patriarch David Azrieli constructed a quantity of malls in Israel, together with Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center.
At sixth on the list was Gil Shwed, a founder and CEO of Israeli cybersecurity agency CheckPoint. Shwed, whose was wealth was put at $four.2 billion, was named earlier this 12 months because the winner of the first-ever Israel Prize in know-how and innovation.
Check Point CEO Gil Shwed speaks at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv on January 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Shwed was adopted by the Tshuva household, with an internet value of $four.15 billion. Yitzhak Tsuvha, a member of the household, chairs the actual property firm El-Ad Group, and owns the controlling stake in Delek Group, a vitality conglomerate.
At eight and 9 had been a pair of Israelis who made their fortunes within the United States leisure trade.
Haim Saban, a tv mogul and top donor to Democrats, was value $three.55 billion. Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood film producer, was ranked simply behind Saban at $three.5 billion.
Milchan’s identify has featured prominently in Israeli media over the previous 12 months in a corruption case involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Police stated Milchan gave Netanyahu and his spouse Sara an estimated NIS 750,000 ($212,000) in presents, together with cigars and champagne, in trade for advancing his pursuits.
Police in February beneficial Milchan and Netanyahu be charged within the investigation, which is called Case 1000. Both males deny wrongdoing.
Producer Arnon Milchan accepts the Film Tribute Award at the 26th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, November 28, 2016, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Following Milchan was businessman and investor Shaul Shani at 10th place with $three.5 billion.
Rounding at the top slots had been the Federmann household, which owns Dan Hotels chain and Elbit protection agency, at $three.5 billion; Teddy Sagi, who owns the Playtech playing know-how firm, at $three.4 billion; actual property magnate Yakir Gabbay at $three.1 billion; and CheckPoint cofounder Marius Nacht and his ex-wife Anat Agmon at $2.65 billion.