Eyal Ofer
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| Born | 1950 Haifa, Israel |
| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Chairman, Ofer Global, Chairman, Zodiac Group Chairman, Global Holdings and Chairman, Eyal & Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation |
| Net worth | $9.1 billion (September 2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Marilyn Ofer |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Sammy Ofer Aviva Ofer |
| Relatives |
Yuli Ofer (uncle) Idan Ofer (younger brother) |
Eyal Ofer (born 1950) is a Monaco-based Israeli real estate and shipping magnate, and a philanthropist. He is the chairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Group and Global Holdings.
Eyal Ofer was born in 1950 in Haifa, Israel. His father, Sammy Ofer, was a Romanian-born Israeli shipping magnate and once Israel's richest man. Eyal graduated from Atlantic College, an international boarding school affiliated with the United World Colleges, based in St Donat's Castle, Wales. In his teenage years, he spent summers working on the family company's ships, loading cargo, scraping the boats' sides and repainting them, as well as traveling to international ports.
He served as an intelligence officer in the Israeli Air Force from 1967 to 1973. He then studied Law in London.
Ofer's business interests are concentrated in shipping, cruise lines and global real estate within the Ofer Global group, a Monaco-based private company focused on shipping, real estate, banking and investments in Europe, North America, the Near East and Asia.
According to Forbes, Ofer has a net worth of $9.5 billion, as of March 2016.
In 2014, he received an honorary lifetime membership of the Baltic Exchange in London in recognition of his contribution to shipping in the UK and global maritime trade. Other recipients of this award have included the Duke of Edinburgh, Winston Churchill, and Maersk Mc-Kinney.
In 2016, Lloyd’s List named him number 10 in the top 100 most influential people in the shipping industry.
He is a frequent speaker at industry events, including the Milken Institute Global Conference in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Ofer also regularly attends the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.
Ofer first moved to New York City in 1980 to start the family real estate business, and invested in properties on Park Avenue South, which he rented to law firms and public relations firms through his real estate company, Global Holdings. Over the years, he assembled a real estate empire having acquired a deep knowledge of ships which had made him comfortable with managing similarly tangible assets.
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