Portrait of Morris Kahn

Rank #3049

Morris Kahn

Net worth $1.1B

Software · Israel

Born
Jan 01, 1930
Age
96
Source
Software
Residence
Beit Yanay
Citizenship
Israel
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Morris Kahn cofounded Amdocs, a customer-relationship management-and-billing software firm for large telecom outfits.
  • He sold nearly $1 billion worth of shares after Admocs went public in 1998.
  • A South African native, he lives on the Israeli coast and spends much of his time on a 100-foot yacht.
  • Through his Aurum Ventures, Morris invests in life sciences and clean-tech companies that he hopes will contribute to the wellbeing of the planet.
  • He currently serves as the chairman of SpaceIL, which attempted to send the first Israeli spacecraft to the moon in 2019.
  • An avid diver, Kahn started building aquariums after a diving accident that gave him a burst eardrum, forcing him to stay on land for months.