A new record of 36 Israelis on Forbes’ list of billionaires, held this year in collaboration with Forbes Israel Adelson and Abramovich lost billions, Eyal and Idan Ofer jumped
Forbes Magazine Global has published for the 36th time its list of billionaires for 2022. This year, there are 2,668 billionaires on Forbes’ list. A total of 87 people less than last year.
All together they are worth about $ 12.7 trillion, which is $ 400 billion less than the previous year. Forbes has found over 1,000 billionaires who have become richer than they were in 2021.
Forbes’ list includes a record 36 Israeli billionaires. Leading the list is Miriam Adelson, the widow of Sheldon Adelson who is ranked 50th on the list with a value of $ 27.5 billion. Adelson is the publisher of the daily free Israel Today, and was considered by Forbes, as of 2021, to be the richest Israeli woman in the world.
The Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich, who has been personally sanctioned by Britain, has lost $ 7.6 billion in the past year, dropping from 142nd on the list to 350th, with an estimated fortune of “only” $ 6.9 billion.
In second place is Eyal Ofer, chairman of Ofer Global Holdings, which is in 117th place with a value of $ 15.4 billion. Ofer was ranked by Forbes as the richest man in Israel for 2021. Idan Ofer, the son of the late Sami Ofer, arrived The 188 is worth $ 10.5 billion.
Dmitry and Igor Buchman, founders of startup Playrix, ranked 275 at a value of $ 8.5 billion. Yuri Milner, one of the most prominent tech ventures in the world and an early investor in social networks in Russia, is in 324th place, worth $ 7.3 billion.
Steph Wertheimer and his family are in 4th place with a combined value of $ 6.2 billion, the Israeli-Cypriot businessman and investor and Playtech owner Teddy Sagi came in 471th with a value of $ 5.6 billion. Sherry Arison came in at 552 this year with an estimated value of $ 5 billion, with Forbes noting that Arison inherited the fortune of her late father Ted Arison.
Delek’s owner, Yitzhak Tshuva, reached 778th place on the list this year with a value of $ 3.8 billion, followed by Gil Schweid, CEO and founder of Checkpoint, in 851st place, valued at $ 3.5 billion. Another ranking for the Ofer family is in 1645th place. With Liora Ofer, a board member of Ofer Investments with a value of $ 1.8 billion. Also on the list, Dana Azrieli with $ 1.5 billion (instead of 1929), Adam Neumann with $ 1.4 billion (ranked 2076) and David Fattal with $ 1.3 billion (ranked 2190).
At 2324 almost at the end of the list of Israelis, Dan Gertler is the only ultra-Orthodox Dane on the list with an estimated fortune of $ 1.2 billion.
Musk opens a gap in first place
Elon Musk (Tesla) has maintained his position as the leader of FORBES ‘world rich list published today – without any special surprises. Musk’s fortune is estimated at $ 219 billion.
Second place goes to Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, whose fortune is estimated at $ 171 billion. In third place is Bernard Arno, the prominent figure in the Arno family who dominates the empire of Louis Vuitton Moat (Champagne) and Hennessy (Cognac) known by the acronym LVMH The fortune of the Arno family is estimated at $ 158 billion.
Completing the top five are Bill Gates with an estimated fortune of $ 129 billion and legendary investor Warren Buffett (Berkshire-Hathaway) with a value of 118 billion