Haim Saban
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Saban at the Brookings Institution's 10th annual Saban Forum, December 7, 2013
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October 15, 1944 Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Residence | Beverly Hills, California / Israel |
| Nationality | American / Israeli |
| Other names | Hebrew: חיים סבן |
| Occupation | Businessman, financier, musician, record, film & television producer, philanthropist |
| Net worth | US$ 2.9 billion (2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Lynn (Chackler) Saban (m. 1987) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | http://www.saban.com/ |
Haim Saban (/sɑːˈbɑːn/; Hebrew: חיים סבן; born October 15, 1944) is an Egyptian-born Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, philanthropist, musician, record, film & television producer. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $3 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 143rd richest person in America. Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of children's television programs in the US such as Power Rangers. He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Univision Communications. He is a major donor to the US Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the US.
Saban was born to an Egyptian Jewish family in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1944. In 1956, the Saban family immigrated to Israel along with most of the Egyptian Jewish community. Saban was sent to a Youth Aliyah boarding school. Expelled for being a troublemaker, he enrolled in a night school where the principal told him: “You’re not cut out for academic studies; you’re cut out for making money.” Saban is married to Cheryl Lynn (Flor) Saban, with whom he has two children. He also has two stepchildren, Tifany and Heidi Lenhart. He resides in Beverly Hills, California.
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