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Israel’s 10 wealthiest

By Jacob Berkman · April 28, 2010

Israel21C has compiled the list of Israel’s top10 billionaires from Forbes’ Rich List.

Here’s the list and the source of their wealth. For more complete bios, check out Israel21C.

1. Sammy Ofer, 88, $4 billion.
2. Arnon Milchen, 66, $3.6 billion. Fertilizer. Shipping.
3. Stef Wertheimer, 84, $3.5 billion. Industrialist. 
4. Shari Arison, 52 $3.4 billion. Carnival Cruises.
5. Alexander Mashkevich, 54, $3.3 billion. Alferon Management, mining.
6. Yitzhak Tshuva, 61, $2.1 billion. ElAd Group real estate.
7. Benny Steinmetz, 50, $1.7 billion.  BSG Investments, diamonds.
8. Lev Leviev, 54, $1.5 billion. Africa-Israel Investments, diamonds.
9. Michael Federmann, 66, $1.4 billion.  Elbit Systems and Dan Hotels Corporation.
10. Morris Kahn, 80, $1 billion. Amdocs billing software.