Shaul Shani
$5.18B
as of 07/12/26
About Shaul Shani
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.
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IsraelSource of wealth
TelecomResidence
MilanBirth date
01/01/55 (age 71)Self-made
self-madeShaul Shani’s fortune is worth
86K
troy ounces of gold
80K
median U.S. household
52K
median U.S. income
0.104%
U.S. credit card volume
0.021%
GDP of the United States
0.015%
United States debt
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