Shari Arison
$5.96B
as of 10/09/26
About Shari Arison
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.
Personal stats
Citizenship
IsraelSource of wealth
Carnival CruisesResidence
Tel AvivMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
09/09/57 (age 69)Number of children
4Education
Drop Out, Miami Dade CollegeSelf-made
inheritedShari Arison’s fortune is worth
99K
troy ounces of gold
92K
median U.S. household
60K
median U.S. income
0.119%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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Did you know?
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.
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Financial assets
TEL AVIV | POLI-IL
Bank Hapoalim B.M.NYSE | CCL-US
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