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Old April 6th, 2012 #1
littlefieldjohn
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jewsign 'Forbes Israel' ranks world's wealthiest Jews

Larry Ellison tops list with, a fortune of $36 b.; Idan Ofer is the richest Israeli, with $6.2 b.; aggregate fortune of 14 Israeli billionaires: $42.7 b.

4/06/2012

Oracle Corporation co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is the world's wealthiest Jew, with a fortune of $36 billion in 2012, according to "Forbes Israel." He is followed by casino operator Sheldon Adelson, with $24.9 billion (14th place overall); New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with $22 billion (20th place overall); George Soros, with $20 billion; and Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, with $18.7 billion each (24th place overall.)

In 6th to 10th place are Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with $17.5 billion, Dell Inc. Michael Dell, with $16.5 billion; Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer, with $15.7 billion; investor Carl Icahn, with $14 billion; and Brazilian banker Joseph Safra at 52 with $13.8 billion (52nd place overall.)

Ofer is the richest Israeli, with a fortune of $6.2 billion, and his brother, Eyal Ofer has a fortune of $5.8 billion, which they inherited from their father, Sammy Ofer who died in June 2011. Sammy Ofer was ranked 79th in the 2011 Billionaires list, with $10.3 billion; Idan Ofer is ranked 161st and Eyal Ofer is ranked 173rd overall in this year's list.

Beny Steinmitz is the second richest Israeli, with $5.9 billion, followed by industrialist Steff Wertheimer, with $4.2 billion; Bank Hapoalim and Shikun u'Binui Holdings Ltd. controlling shareholder Shari Arison, with $3.9 billion; Arnon Milchen, with $3.8 billion; Alexander Machkevich, with $2.8 billion; Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. co-founder, chairman and CEO Gil Shwed and Delek Group Ltd. controlling shareholder Yitzhak Tshuva, with $1.9 billion each; and diamond merchant and Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. chairman Lev Leviev, with $1.7 billion.

Check Point co-founder Marius Nacht, insurance man Shlomo Eliahu, Playtech Cyprus Ltd. controlling shareholder Teddy Sagui, and Morris Kahn close the Israeli billionaires, with $1.2 billion each, and tied for 1,015 place in the global rankings.

The aggregate fortune of the 14 Israeli billionaires is $42.7 billion.Other Jews on the list include Roman Abramovich, with $12.1 billion; Lev Blavatnikm with $11.9 billion; Ralph Lauren, with $7.5 billion; Ron Lauder, with $3.4 billion, and David Azrieli and Haim Saban with $2.9 billion each.

http://www.jpost.com/Business/Globes...aspx?id=265107
 
Old April 6th, 2012 #2
Steven L. Akins
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From 2011

Jerusalem Post’s list of the World's 50 Richest Jews (those appearing in the top 100 of Forbes 400 Richest Americans are shown in red):

Larry Ellison
Michael Bloomberg
Sergey Brin
Lawrence (Larry) Page
Steven Ballmer
George Soros
Michael Dell

Mikhail Fridman
John Paulson
Roman Abramovich
Ronald Perelman
Carl Icahn
George Kaiser

Joseph Safra
Sheldon Adelson
James Simons

German Khan
Serge Dassault
Len Blavatnik
David and Simon Reuben
Alain and Gerard Wertheimer
Philip Green
Sammy Ofer and family
Steven Cohen
Viktor Vekselberg
Alexander Abramov
Eli Broad
Dorothea Steinbruch
Ira Rennert
Michael Kadoorie
David Geffen
Stephen Schwarzman
Isak Andic
Ralph Lauren
Samuel Newhouse Jr.
Micky Arison

Leonid Mikhelson
Henry Kravis
Lester Crown
Leonard Lauder
Richard S. LeFrak
Donald Newhouse

George R. Roberts
Bernard Sherman
Samuel Zell
Pyotr Aven
Frank Lowy and family
Arnon Milchan
Leonard Stern

Jews appearing in Forbes 400 Richest Americans that were not included in the above Jerusalem Post's World's 50 Richest Jews:

Mark Zuckerberg
Donald Bren
James Simons
Eric Schmidt
Daniel Ziff
Dirk Ziff
Robert Ziff
Henry Kravis
Paul Milstein & family
Stanley Druckenmiller
Bruce Kovner
Riley P. Bechtel
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.
Theodore Lerner
Steven Spielberg
Warren Stephens
David Tepper
Stephen Ross
Daniel Och
Haim Saban
Joan Tisch
Edgar M. Bronfman
Ronald Lauder
Mitchell Rales
Steven Rales
David Rubenstein
Mark Cuban
Malcolm Glazer & family
Steve Wynn
Tom Gores
Bruce Wasserstein
Nicolas Berggruen
Leon Black
William Gross
Michael Milken
Sumner Redstone
Leslie Wexner
Stewart Rahr
Alan Casden
Thomas Pritzker
Jerry Speyer
Israel Englander
Penny Pritzker
Sheldon Solow
Robert Friedland
Henry Samueli
Thomas Friedkin
Alec Gores
Irwin Jacobs
Anthony Pritzker
Jay Robert Pritzker
John Morgridge
Isaac Perlmutter
Wilma Tisch
Neil Bluhm
Robert Kraft
Stephen Mandel
Daniel Pritzker
James Pritzker
Jean (Gigi) Pritzker
John Pritzker
Karen Pritzker
Linda Pritzker
Marc Rich
Lynn Schusterman
John Sperling
Mortimer Zuckerman
George Lindemann & family
Bernard Marcus
Daniel Abraham
John Arrillaga
Alfred Mann
Michael Moritz
Michael Price
Tamir Sapir
Alfred Taubman
Ken Fisher
David Gottesman
Marc Lasry
Edmund Ansin
Ron Baron
Leon Charney
Glenn Dubin
Donald Fisher
Doris Fisher
Jeremy Jacobs Sr.
Gary Michelson
Arthur Blank
Jeffrey Greene
Thomas H. Lee
Herbert Simon
Peter Sperling
John E. Abele
Norman Braman
John Fisher
Nicholas Pritzker
Alexander Rovt
Margaret Whitman
Leon Cooperman
Barry Diller
Joseph Mansueto
Marc Benioff
A. James Clark
Robert Fisher
Alan Gerry
James Irsay
Michael Krasny
Daniel Snyder
Henry Swieca
Peter Lewis
Nelson Peltz
William Fisher
Pincus Green
Jeffry Picower
Steven Schonfeld
Walter Shorenstein & family
Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler
Charles Zegar
Jeffrey Lurie
Nancy Lerner
Randolph Lerner

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