Rank #1330
Haim Saban
Net worth $3.3B
TV network, investments · United States
- Born
- Oct 15, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Source
- TV network, investments
- Residence
- Beverly Hills, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Diploma, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Haim Saban turned his success with children's TV show "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" into Fox Family Channel, a joint venture with News Corp.
- Saban, who repurchased Power Rangers back in 2010, sold it for a second time in 2018, this time to Hasbro in a $522 million deal.
- Saban and a group of private equity investors purchased Spanish language TV Network Univision Communications for $13.7 billion in 2007.
- In February 2020, Univision agreed to sell a majority stake for an undisclosed price to two firms: Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight LLC.
- The Sabans, who have given $230 million to various organizations and initiatives, pledged $50 million to the forthcoming Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in 2017.
- Born in Egypt to Jewish parents, Saban moved with his family to Tel Aviv when he was a child and lived in a one-room flat.
- While serving in the Israeli army, Saban landed a booking for his band, but he didn't have a band or play an instrument, so he founded a band on the spot.