Portrait of Shaul Shani

Rank #809

Shaul Shani

Net worth $5.2B

Telecom · Israel

Born
Jan 01, 1955
Age
71
Source
Telecom
Residence
Milan
Citizenship
Israel
Marital status
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Shaul Shani is an Israeli investor who sold Brazilian firm Global Village Telecom to Vivendi for $4.5 billion in 2009; his take was $1.4 billion.
  • He has since increased his fortune via mezzanine lending and investments in emerging economies.
  • Starting in the 1980s, he cofounded three companies; two of them, Oshap Technologies and Tecnomatix, were acquired for $210 million and $228 million.
  • In 2014, Shani took control of Israeli communications equipment maker ECI Telecom; he agreed to sell to publicly traded Ribbon Communications in 2019.
  • In 2021, Shani became chairman of Rashi, one of Israel's largest charities.

Financial assets

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