List of Israelis by net worth

This is a ranking list of Israeli wealthy people. The following is based on the annual estimated wealth and assets assessment compiled and published by American business magazine Forbes. The wealth of 30 people exceeds $1 billion. Forbes does not include in the list all entrepreneurs and investors who have citizenship of the country.[1]

As of April 2023, nine Israeli billionaires: they are the nine wealthiest people in Israel (see § Current list)

According to Israeli daily business newspaper TheMarker, Israel has seventy-one billionaires as of 2021, with one of the highest per capita rates in the world, at 6.7 billionaires for every million people. However, not all of them permanently reside in Israel. In shekel (₪) terms, Israel had 170 billionaires in the same year.[2] Forbes also lists Israeli citizens living in other countries on its list.[3][4]

Methodology

Each year, Forbes employs a team of more than 50 reporters from a variety of countries to track the activity of the world's wealthiest individuals. Preliminary surveys are sent to those who may qualify for the list. According to Forbes, they received three types of responses—some people try to inflate their wealth, others cooperate but leave out details, and some refuse to answer any questions. Business deals are then scrutinized and estimates of valuable assets (land, homes, vehicles, artwork, etc.) are made. Interviews are conducted to vet the figures and improve the estimate of an individual's holdings. Finally, positions in a publicly traded stock are priced to market on a date roughly a month before publication. Privately held companies are priced by the prevailing price-to-sales or price-to-earnings ratios. Known debt is subtracted from assets to get a final estimate of an individual's estimated worth in United States dollars. Since stock prices fluctuate rapidly, an individual's true wealth and ranking at the time of publication may vary from their situation when the list was compiled.[5]

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Family fortunes dispersed over a large number of relatives are included only if those individuals' holdings are worth more than a billion dollars. However, when a living individual has dispersed his or her wealth to immediate family members, it is included under a single listing provided that individual is still living.[5] Royal families and dictators that have their wealth contingent on a position are always excluded from these lists.[6]

2023 list

The thirty six[7] billionaires are listed as follows, including their Israel rank (R#) and world rank (W#), citizenship, age, net worth, and source of wealth:

R#W#NameImageCitizenshipAge
(y.o.)
Net worth
(billions of USD)
Source of wealthRef.
135Miriam Adelson United States

Israel

77 35
+US$7.5B
Gambling, casinos[8]
286Eyal Ofer Israel73 18.9
+US$3.5B
Zodiac Maritime, real estate, and shipping[9]
3127Idan Ofer Israel68 14
+US$3.5B
Israel Corporation, Ofer Brothers Group, drilling, and shipping[10]
4153Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor Russia

Israel

United Kingdom

69 11.3
+US$6.7B
Fertilizer, real estate[11]
5208Roman Abramovich Russia

Israel

Portugal

56 9.2
+US$2.3B
Steel, investments[12]
6332Dmitry Bukhman Israel38 7
-US$1.1B
Playrix[13]
6332Igor Bukhman Israel42 7
-US$1.1B
Playrix[14]
8352Yuri Milner Israel62 6.8
-US$0.5B
DST Global[15]
9405Stef Wertheimer & family Israel97 6.3International Metalworking Companies[16]
10425Frank Lowy Australia

Israel

92 6
-US$0.8B
Investments[17]
11455Teddy Sagi Israel
Cyprus
52 5.6Playtech[18]
12636Patrick Drahi Israel59 4.3
-US$2.3B
Telecom[19]
13659Shari Arison Israel
United States
66 4.2
-US$0.8B
Bank Hapoalim and Carnival Cruises[20]
14699Shaul Shani Israel68 4Swarth Group[21]
15766Yitzhak Tshuva Israel75 3.7El-Ad Group, Delek[22]
15766Yakir Gabay Cyprus

Israel

56 3.7
-US$0.5B
Real estate[23]
17878Arnon Milchan Israel79 3.3
-US$0.2B
Regency Enterprises[24]
17878Gil Shwed Israel55 3.3
-US$0.2B
Check Point[25]
191027Michael Federmann & family Israel80 2.9Elbit Systems, Dan Hotels[26]
201368Oren Zeev Israel
United States
59 2.2
-US$0.8B
Houzz, Audible (service), Chegg, TripActions, Tipalti[27]
201368David Wertheim Israel65–66 2.2
-US$0.4B
Coca-Cola Israel[28]
201368Shlomo Kramer Israel57–58 2.2Check Point, Imperva[29]
201368Shmuel Harlap [he] Israel78–79 2.2Mobileye[30]
201368Adam Neumann Israel44 2.2
+US$0.8B
WeWork[31]
251804Liora Ofer Israel70 1.6
-US$0.2B
Investments[32]
261905Zadik Bino Israel79 1.5
-US$0.2B
First International Bank of Israel, Paz Oil Company[33]
261905Mori Arkin Israel71 1.5Arkin Holdings[34]
261905Amnon Shashua Israel63 1.5Mobileye[35]
292020Marius Nacht Israel61 1.4Software: Check Point[36]
302133Ziv Aviram Israel64–65 1.3
-US$0.2B
Mobileye[37]
312259Danna Azrieli Israel
Canada
56 1.2
-US$0.3B
Azrieli Group[38]
312259Dan Gertler Israel50 1.2Dan Gertler International[39]
312259Drorit Wertheim Israel65–66 1.2
-US$0.2B
Coca-Cola Israel[40]
342405Shlomo Eliahu Israel88 1.1
-US$0.2B
Bank Leumi, Union Bank of Israel, and others[41]
352540Morris Kahn Israel94 1Golden Pages, Amdocs, Aurec Group, Coral World Ocean Park[42]
352540Ihor Kolomoyskyi Israel
Cyprus
61 1PrivatBank[43]

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