Beny Steinmetz Global
| Beny Steinmetz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 60–61) Netanya, Israel |
| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Diamonds, engineering, real estate |
| Net worth |
 US$ 3.5 billion (June 2014) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | beny-steinmetz |
Beny Steinmetz (Hebrew: בני שטיינמץ; born 1956) is an Israeli businessman, with a portfolio in diamond-mining, engineering and real estate.
On 14 August 2017, Steinmetz—along with David Granot, Tal Zilberstein, Doron Levy, and Asher Avidan—was arrested as part of a joint investigation by Israeli and Swiss anti-corruption officials over "allegations of largescale fraud, breach of trust, bribery, obstruction of justice and false registration of corporate documents" with the apparent purpose of money laundering.
Beny Steinmetz was born in Netanya, Israel in April 1956, the fourth child of Rubin Steinmetz. He inherited the Geneva-based Steinmetz Diamond Group from his father.
Steinmetz along with his brother Daniel founded what subsequently became known as Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR). Beny currently occupies an advisory role to the company's Board of Directors. In March 2014, the Swiss daily Le Temps reported that Beny Steinmetz had sold shares in the Steinmetz Diamond Group (SDG) to his brother Daniel.
In December 2008, a three-year exploration permit for Simandou Blocks 1 & 2, in the Republic of Guinea, was awarded to BSGR Guinea, after the government of Guinea, under its then president, General Lansana Conté, ordered that it be relinquished by its previous holder, the British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto Group. Conté signed over the rights to mine the northern half of Simandou, days before he died, to Steinmetz for $160 million. Steinmetz then soon sold a 51% share on to Vale for $2.5 billion.
The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI have been investigating BSGR's acquisition of the rights to extract half of the iron ore deposits at Simandou, Guinea, due to concerns about corruption and bribery. BSGR have stringently denied these allegations, and in an interview to the New Yorker Beny Steinmetz has said: “We are the victims. We have done only good things for Guinea, and what we’re getting is spit in the face."
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