Wealthiest israelis

Economic inequality is the great plague of the 21st century

Zvi Stepak: “Inequality must be reduced. Israeli society is divided enough between right and left, between the haredim and the secular. We don’t need to add to this.”

 Zvi Stepak
Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Why don't Israel's billionaires engage in philanthropy? - opinion

Credit Suisse Israel CEO Hila Goldenberg

Israel among ‘handful’ of countries reporting wealth increase in 2019

Shekel money bills

Israel gains 20,000 millionaires, average wealth increases - study


Barkat seeks to be paid only one shekel salary as Member of Knesset

The former mayor of Jerusalem turned MK is Israel's richest politician by a wide margin, earning his wealth in anti-virus software.

Nir Barkat

Nochi Dankner to start three-year jail term for stock fraud

Dankner claimed in his appeal that the conviction was based on factual presumptions that the court itself had rejected.

Nochi Dankner arrives at prison, October 2, 2018

Swiss Police: Abramovich poses 'danger to public security'

Abramovich has a net worth of approximately $11.9 billion and is the 140th wealthiest person in the world.

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich

Petition claims welfare-budget funding exacerbates inequality

The High Court of Justice is reviewing a petition that seeks to strike down this method of financing, on the grounds that it is not equitable.

A woman begs in Jerusalem

Has the richest man in Israel been dethroned?

Patrick Drahi owns Altice, whose stock is down 40% in three weeks

Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi may no longer be the richest man in Israel following the plummeting of his company’s stock price

Israel’s mission

There is nothing we can do to stop the Palestinians from choosing, time and again, violence over compromise, destruction over construction, and we should not deceive ourselves that we can.

Hamas supporters enact a scene simulating the abduction of three Israeli soldiers during a rally in the Gaza Strip, June 20, 2014.

Study: Israel ranks second in world in self-made billionaires

Hong Kong led the list, followed by Israel, the United States, Switzerland, and Singapore.

Israeli billionaire industrialist Stef Wertheimer.