Mitchell Goldhar

Owner, SmartCentres

$2.75B

$6.1M (0.2%)

as of 11/22/24

About Mitchell Goldhar

Mitchell Goldhar founded real estate firm SmartCentres in the early 1990s, then developed more than 265 shopping centers in the ensuing two decades.

In May 2015, he sold most of SmartCentre's assets to SmartREIT (formerly Calloway REIT), for about $880 million in shares, cash and assumed debt.

Goldhar, who chairs SmartREIT, also owns various developments across Canada through his private company Penguin Investments.

This includes a stake, along with SmartREIT, in the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, a 100-acre master planned development north of Toronto.

Goldhar owns Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, which won the Israeli club league in 2019. He plays squash, tennis and hockey.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Canada

Source of wealth

Real estate

Residence

North York, Canada

Marital status

Single

Birth date

07/15/61 (age 63)

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, York University

Self-made

self-made