Israel’s richest man is Putinist Russian-Jewish oligarch Vyacheslav Kantor, according to Forbes
Forbes: there are 36 dollar billionaires in Israel, Russian Vyacheslav Kantor is in first place among them
Forbes magazine published its annual ranking of the richest people in the world.
Among Israelis, Forbes named Vyacheslav (Moshe) Kantor with a fortune of $9.5 billion the richest. Vyacheslav Kantor, the largest shareholder of the Russian fertilizer manufacturer Akron, former president of the European Jewish Congress, is a citizen of Israel, Russia and Great Britain. He ranks 293rd in the world ranking.
The Forbes rating according to the "Israel" filter includes 36 dollar billionaires. It is worth noting that not all of them currently live in Israel.
In second place after Vyacheslav Kantor - Frank Lovi ($7.9 billion), followed in the top ten by Steph Wertheimer and his family ($7.6 billion - he died on March 25, but got into the rating), Teddy Sagi ($7.1 billion), Gil Shwed ($6.4 billion), Arnon Milchen ($6.3 billion), Sheri Arison ($6 billion), Michael Federman ($6 billion), Yitzhak Tshuva ($4.9 billion), Sylvan Adams ($2.8 billion).
Forbes rating - valuation of assets by value and price of shares as of March 7, 2025.
The magazine has been ranking billionaires around the world since 1987. In the first year, only 140 people were included in the rating. Two decades later, their number exceeded 1000. Then in 2017 there were already 2000 of them. Now, eight years later, the Forbes ranking included 3028 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs, 247 people more than a year ago. Not only have they become more, but they have become richer than ever, their total fortune is $16.1 trillion, which is almost $2 trillion more than in 2024.