Portrait of Mark Scheinberg

Rank #628

Mark Scheinberg

Net worth $6.6B

Online gambling · Canada

Born
Dec 27, 1973
Age
52
Source
Online gambling
Residence
Isle of Man
Citizenship
Canada
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education
Drop Out, Fanshawe College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Mark Scheinberg cofounded PokerStars with his father, Isai, and built it into the world's biggest online poker company before cashing out in 2014.
  • Scheinberg, who owned 75% of parent business Rational Group at the time, pocketed more than $3 billion from the sale.
  • He helped launch PokerStars in 2001, at age 28, and benefited tremendously from the poker boom that soon swept the U.S. and the rest of world.
  • Scheinberg has invested some of his proceeds from the sale in luxury hospitality assets through his real estate investment vehicle, Mohari.
  • His real estate investments include a stake in the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a historic Madrid hotel and a luxury resort in Costa Rica.
  • In 2023 he acquired Tao Group Hospitality, which operates more than 80 restaurants and clubs under brands such as Tao, Hakkasan and Lavo.
  • Born in Israel, Scheinberg moved to a Toronto suburb as a teen and worked in hospitality and traveled to Asia and South America after one year of college.