Stef Wertheimer & family
$6.25B
as of 10/04/24
About Stef Wertheimer & family
Israeli industrial titan Stef Wertheimer sold two companies in 2013 and 2014; he is now focused on creating peace between Israel and Palestine.
He builds industrial parks, or "capitalist kibbutzes," in disadvantaged and predominantly Arab regions of Israel in order to promote job creation.
He sold his metal-cutting company ISCAR to Berkshire Hathaway in 2 stages: 80% for $4 billion in 2006, and the remainder for $2.05 billion in 2013.
He also founded jet-engine blade maker Blades Technology and sold his 51% stake in 2014 to jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney for an undisclosed amount.
His family has spent over $100 million to build six Arab workplaces around Israel.
Personal stats
Citizenship
IsraelSource of wealth
Metalworking toolsResidence
Tel Aviv, IsraelMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/16/26 (age 98)Number of children
4Self-made
self-madeStef Wertheimer & family’s fortune is worth
104K
troy ounces of gold
96K
median U.S. household
63K
median U.S. income
0.125%
U.S. credit card volume
0.025%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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Did you know?
He founded ISCAR in 1952 in an old shack in Nahariya, a coastal city in Israel, with his wife Miriam.
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