Portrait of Shari Arison

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Shari Arison

Net worth $6.0B

Carnival Cruises · Israel

Born
Sep 09, 1957
Age
68
Source
Carnival Cruises
Residence
Tel Aviv
Citizenship
Israel
Marital status
Divorced
Children
4
Education
Drop Out, Miami Dade College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Shari Arison inherited a fortune from her late father Ted (d. 1999), who founded cruise ship line Carnival Corp. Since then, she has reinvested all of it.
  • Israel's richest woman, Arison created The Doing Good Model - guidelines for incorporating social good into running a business.
  • She has invested in various real estate projects, including a desalination plant and a thermo-solar power plant.
  • Arison held a stake of more than 20% in Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank. She gradually reduced her stake, selling the last of it in 2024.
  • She also founded the Ted Arison Family Foundation in 1981.
  • Arison received the annual Medal of Light award from Israel's parliament in 2016 for her work with Holocaust survivors through the Arison Family Foundation.
  • In 2007, Arison launched the annual Good Deeds Day to advocate community service. In 2021, Good Deeds Day was recognized in 115 countries.

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