Idan Ofer

Idan Ofer
Shai Agassi, Idan Ofer, and Moshe Kaplinsky
Born	1955
Residence	London, England
Nationality	Israeli
Education	University of Haifa London Business School
Occupation	Majority shareholder, Quantum Pacific Group, Pacific Drilling, Israel Corporation and Kenon Holdings
Net worth	$4.8 billion (January 2015)
Spouse(s)	4, including Batia Ofer
Children	5
Parent(s)	Sammy Ofer Aviva Ofer
Relatives	Yuli Ofer (uncle) Eyal Ofer (brother)

Idan Ofer (Hebrew: עידן עופר‎‎; born 1955) is a London-based Israeli business magnate and philanthropist, with interests in shipping, drilling and mining. He is the founder of Tanker Pacific and the Principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a holding company. He is the majority shareholder of Pacific Drilling, listed on the , and the Israel Corporation, listed on the , as well as Kenon Holdings, listed on both stock exchanges. He made the largest donation to a British business school ever in 2013.

Idan Ofer was born in 1955. His father, Sammy Ofer, was an Israeli shipping magnate originally from Romania. His mother, Aviva Ofer, lives in London. He has a brother, Eyal Ofer.

Ofer graduated from the University of Haifa in Haifa, Israel, with a degree in Economics and Shipping. He then received a Master's in Business Administration from the London Business School in the 1980s.

He started his career by expanding the family shipping business in Hong Kong in the 1980s. He then worked in Singapore and the United States. In 1989, he was the founder of the Tanker Pacific, now the largest privately owned tanking fleet globally.

He is the Principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a Guernsey-based holding corporation. He is also the majority shareholder of Pacific Drilling, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Israel Corporation, the largest public holding listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He served as the Chairman of the Israel Corporation from 1999 to 2010, and as a member of its Board of Directors from 1999 to 2013. He has served on the Advisory Boards of Synergy Ventures and Aspect Enterprise Solutions. He was an investor in Better Place, an electric car company which went bankrupt in May 2013.