Shaul Shani
Shaul Shani (Hebrew: שאול שני; born c. 1955) is a global businessman and investor in the high tech industry.
Early life[]
Shaul Shani was born circa 1955.[1] He grew up in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa. His father worked at the Port of Haifa[2]
Career[]
Shani started investing in the 1980s.[1] He founded Oshap Technologies in 1982.[1] It was listed on the NASDAQ three years later, in 1985.[1] By 1999, he sold it to SunGard for US$210 million.[1] He was also a co-founder of Sapiens International Corporation and Tecnomatix, two companies listed on the NASDAQ which he later sold.[1]
He founded Global Village Telecom, a Brazilian telecommunications company, in 1999.[1][3][4] Upon selling it to Vivendi for US$4.5 billion in 2009, he made a profit of US$1.5 billion.[1][3][4]
He is the owner of Swarth Group, which controls ECI Telecom.[3]
In May 2015, his net worth was estimated at US$3.0 billion.[1] On 5 March 2021, Forbes listed his net worth as increased to $3.8 billion.[5]
Personal life[]
Shani resides in Italy.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shaul Shani". Forbes. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "הכירו את המיליארדר שאול שני, שעומד מאחורי היד הקשה שהופעלה נגד עובדי ECI". דבר העובדים בארץ ישראל (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Secretive Israeli Billionaire Invested In Tech Before It Was Cool, Forbes, 2 June 2013
- ^ a b Shuki Sadeh, The Israeli who built a $9 billion empire in the jungles of Brazil, Haaretz, 1 November 2014
- ^ "Shaul Shani".
- Living people
- People from Petah Tikva
- Israeli investors
- Israeli company founders
- Israeli billionaires