Named the richest man of Israel

64-year-old businessman Eyal Ofer is named the richest man in Israel. His condition at the beginning of 2015 was estimated at 8,5 billion dollars, which allowed him to take the 156 line in the ranking of the richest people in the world, which is published today by Forbes. In total, 18 Israelis are on the prestigious list.

The publication notes that Eyal Ofer, permanent owner of shipping and investment companies and real estate in many countries around the world, has risen from 191 to 156 in the past year, increasing his capital by 1,5 billion.

88-year-old industrialist Stef Wertheimer was in second place among Israeli moneybags with a fortune of 5,6 billion dollars (256-place in the general list, last year 267 place), in third-70-year-old Hollywood producer Arnon Milchin which state is estimated at 5,1 billion dollars (301, last year 319).

Further places are as follows:

4 place (330 in the general list) - Idan Ofer, 59 years, co-owner of the shipping company, 4,8 billion dollars.

5th place (369) - Sheri Arison, 57 years old, owner of Bank Hapoalim and a cruise company, $4,4 billion.

6 place (452) - Israel Englander (Israel Englander), 66 years, entrepreneur, 3,8 billion dollars.

7 place (481) - Itzhak Tshuva, 66, investor in the real estate and fuel market, 3,6 billion dollars.

8 location (497) - Beni Steinmetz, 58, diamond business, 3,5 billion dollars.

9-place (534) - Teddy Sagi, 43, online games, 3,3 billion dollars.

10 location (603) - Shaul Shani, 60, technology, 3 billion dollars.

11 place (847) - Alexander Mashkevich, 61, Israeli-Kazakh entrepreneur, 2,2 billion dollars.

12 place (847) - Gil Shwed, 47, software, technology, 2,2 billion dollars.

13 place (1054) - Marius Nacht, 47 software, 1,8 billion dollars.

14th place (1190) - Dan Gertler, 41, mining, $1,6 billion.

15 place (1415) - Maury Arkin, 62, Pharmacology, 1,3 billion dollars.

16 place (1533) - Lev Leviev, 59, owner of the Africa-Israel holding, 1,2 billion dollars.

17 place (1638) - Shlomo Eliyahu, 79, the owner of the insurance company, 1,1 billion dollars.

18 location (1741) - Morris Kahan, 85, technology, 1 billion dollars.

Add that the first place in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes took Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. His fortune is estimated at 79,3 billion dollars. The three richest people in the world also include the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim (76,4 billion) and Warren Buffet (72,3 billion).

As for Russians, 88 people were included in the ranking of the richest people in the world - 33 less than in 2014. The richest of them, according to Forbes, was the president of the Interros holding, Vladimir Potanin. His fortune is estimated at $15,4 billion, and ranks 60th globally. In 2014, in the ranking of the 200 richest Russians according to Forbes, Potanin was ranked eighth, and his fortune was estimated at 12,6 billion.

The second place in the list of the richest Russians was taken by the head of the supervisory board of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman ($14,6 billion, 68th place in the global ranking), the third place was taken by the main shareholder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov (14,4 billion, 71st place).

Roman Abramovich’s fortune is estimated at 9,1 billion dollars. The only woman on the list of Russian billionaires is the spouse of the ex-mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina. Her condition Forbes estimated in 1 billion (1741).

In total, the list of American Forbes in 2015 includes 1826 people. Their total state - 7,05 trillion dollars, 600 billion more than a year earlier.

In the ranking - 197 women. Wal-Mart co-owner Christie Walton leads among the women in the rankings. It ranks eighth in the overall ranking with a fortune of 41,7 billion dollars.

The youngest member of the ranking was 24-year-old co-founder of the instant messenger Snapchat Evan Spiegel (1250, 1,5 billion). The oldest member of the list is 99 years. This is David Rockefeller Sr., who occupies the 603 place with a fortune estimated at 3 billion dollars.

The Forbes list in 2015 year included a record number of newbies - 290 (of which 71 is from China).