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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