Shlomo Eliahu

About Shlomo Eliahu

Shlomo Eliahu owns about 64% of Migdal, a leading insurance and finance group in Israel.

Eliahu grew up poor and, in 1950, emigrated with his family from Iraq to Israel, where he went from living in a transit camp to founding an underwriting agency.

His Eliahu Insurance Company was the country's first insurance company.

Politically active, Eliahu served as a member of Israel's parliament from 1978 to 1981 and was chairman of the finance committee.