Rank #2546
Ben Ashkenazy
Net worth $1.6B
Real estate · United States
- Born
- Sep 23, 1969
- Age
- 56
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Drop Out, Adelphi University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Ben Ashkenazy bought his first building at age 17, after he went to a Bronx shopping center to check out a site to open a fast food restaurant.
- Then a recent high school grad, Ashkenazy realized the lease offered was below market value and decided to find a lender and buy the property instead.
- Since then he's built a portfolio of stakes in more than 100 buildings via real estate firm Ashkenazy Acquisitions, which he founded and runs as CEO.
- The company owns historical landmarks like Washington D.C.'s Union Station and Boston's Faneuil Hall.
- Ashkenazy, who primarily invests in retail properties, is also a minority owner in New York's famed Plaza Hotel.
- In between his real estate ventures, Ashkenazy took night classes at Adelphi University but ended up six credits shy of graduating.