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        "msgid": "amidst-constant-war-israels-tycoons-are-actually-getting-richer-1775098342",
        "date": "2026-04-02 06:30:38",
        "title": "Amidst Constant War, Israel's Tycoons Are Actually Getting Richer",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "Despite Israel's involvement in multiple conflicts, including bombings of six countries in 2025 and an ongoing war with Iran since February 2026, the nation's wealthiest individuals have seen their fortunes surge dramatically. Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list highlights over 40 Israeli billionaires with combined wealth in the tens of billions of dollars, driven by sectors like shipping, real estate, technology, gaming, and defence. This phenomenon underscores the resilience of Israel's high-tech and industrial economy even under geopolitical strain, with popular products from these tycoons' companies, such as Xiaomi phones and mobile games like Homescapes, finding strong markets in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Israel became the country that bombed the most other nations in 2025,\naccording to an Al Jazeera report. The Zionist state recorded bombings\nof six countries throughout last year, namely Palestine, Iran, Lebanon,\nQatar, Syria, and Yemen. This year, Israel is engaged in war with Iran\nalongside the United States. The war, which has disrupted global energy\nsupplies, has been ongoing since 28 February 2026. Despite always being\nin a state of war, Israel has a list of tycoons who are actually getting\nricher. Forbes\u2019 Real-Time Billionaires list records more than 40 of the\nworld\u2019s richest Israelis. Their wealth reaches tens of billions of\ndollars. Among them are those with wealth engines from products popular\nin Indonesia. Here is the list of the 10 richest people in Israel\naccording to Forbes and the sources of their wealth: 1. Idan Ofer Idan\nOfer, as of 11 March 2026, sits as the number one richest person in\nIsrael with wealth of US$34.9 billion or Rp588.36 trillion. Compared to\nlast year, his wealth has jumped more than 50% and places him as the\n61st richest person in the world. Ofer operates more than 210 bulk\nships, container ships, and crude oil tankers under the flag of Eastern\nPacific Shipping company. He also owns 51% of shares in Israel\nCorp.\u00a0Idan also holds 32% of shares in the Spanish football team\nAtletico de Madrid, as well as 85% of shares in the Portuguese football\nclub FC Famalicao. 2. Eyal Ofer In second place sits Eyal Ofer, Idan\u2019s\nbrother, with wealth of US$33.1 billion or Rp558.02 trillion. This\n75-year-old man has businesses in real estate, shipping, technology,\nbanking, energy, and other investment sectors. Eyal is the boss of the\nMonaco-based company Ofer Global. He is the son of shipping king Sammy\nOfer and received his father\u2019s assets as a result of splitting them with\nhis brother Idan Ofer, who is also an Israeli billionaire. His real\nestate portfolio includes more than 120 properties worldwide and covers\n15 Central Park West, 1250 Broadway, and 50 United Nations Plaza in\nManhattan. Eyal\u2019s other assets include the VC tech fund O.G. Venture\nPartners, O.G. Energy, and shares in public companies Mizrahi Tefahot\nBank and Royal Caribbean Cruises. 3. Igor Bukhman Igor and Dmitri\nBukhman are two brothers who own the online game developer company\nPlayrix. Their famous online game products include Homescapes, Fishdom,\nand Township. Dmitri and Igor were born and raised in Russia. The two\nhave been marketing their online games since high school. They moved\nPlayrix\u2019s office from Russia to Israel in 2022 along with 1,500 Russian\nemployees. Playrix now generates estimated annual revenue of more than\nUS$2.5 billion. The Bukhman brothers acquired shares in the video and\nsocial networking game developer Nexters Global. Bukhman is recorded as\nthe third richest person in Israel with wealth of US$13.5 billion or\nRp227.59 trillion. 4. Dmitri Bukhman Right below Igor Bukhman is his\nbrother Dmitri Bukhman. Dmitri\u2019s story is no different from Igor\u2019s. The\ntwo own the same company, so their wealth as recorded by Forbes is also\nthe same, namely US$13.5 billion each or Rp277.59 trillion. 5. Michael\nFedermann and family Michael Federmann is an Israeli billionaire who\nserves as Chairman of Federmann Enterprises, a family holding company\nwith a diversified business portfolio across various sectors. Based on\nthe latest data as of 10 March 2026, Michael Federmann and his family\u2019s\nnet worth is estimated at US$11.3 billion, placing him at 274th among\nthe world\u2019s richest people. His wealth has doubled compared to last\nyear, making him enter the list of the 10 richest people in Israel.\nThrough Federmann Enterprises, the Federmann family owns about 27% of\nshares in Elbit Systems, Israel\u2019s domestic defence and security\ntechnology company, which recorded sales of around US$5.5 billion in\n2022. Besides the defence sector, the family also has businesses in the\nhospitality industry. Federmann is known to control about 44% of shares\nin Dan Hotels, Israel\u2019s public hotel chain, through the family holding\ncompany. This ownership makes the Federmann family one of the key\nplayers in the tourism and hospitality industry in the country. 6.\nYitzhak Tshuva Yitzhak Tshuva has surged to the sixth richest person in\nIsrael. His recorded wealth has nearly doubled to US$8.7 billion. Tshuva\nreaps billions of dollars from the energy and real estate sectors. His\nreal estate company, El Ad Group, owns several projects in Manhattan,\nFlorida, Louisiana, Montreal, and Israel. He is also the controlling\nshareholder of Delek Group, a publicly traded conglomerate with shares\nin automotive, oil, and gas sectors. His family immigrated from Libya to\nIsrael when he was six months old. He later served in the Israeli\nmilitary and worked at the Israeli Ministry of Defence. 7. Yuri Milner\nYuri Milner is a Russian-born individual. He is the first backer of\nFacebook and Twitter through his venture capital fund, DST Global. This\nman, who relinquished his Russian citizenship in 2022, has now sold his\nshares in the two digital companies and subsequently invested in Spotify\nand Airbnb. This billionaire also increased his stake in Chinese\ntechnology companies, including Alibaba and JD.com, as well as\nsmartphone maker Xiaomi. For information, Xiaomi\u2019s sales always rank in\nthe top three in Indonesia. Milner becomes the seventh richest in\nIsrael, unchanged from last year, although his wealth rose 26.09% to\nUS$8.6 billion. 8. Teddy Sagi Teddy Sagi has dropped from fifth place\nand now occupies<\/p>",
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