Israeli real estate & transportation magnate Eyal Ofer resides in Monaco. He now serves as chairman of International Holdings, Ofer Global, as well as Zodiac Maritime Limited. Zodiac Maritime has a network of over 130 boats and is a privately owned maritime firm.
Exclusive OMNI Offshore Terminals along with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines are only two of Eyal’s many maritime ventures. 15 Central Park West, The Altria Group, alongside The Greenwich Village medical facility that is undergoing renovations are all part of his commercial property portfolio, though. He also has stock in the Israeli Mizrahi Tefahot Bank.
The parents of Eyal were Sammy Ofer and Aviva Ofer. Another shipping tycoon as well as one of the wealthiest men in Israel was his father. After purchasing his first ship in 1950, he rapidly grew his maritime business.
He held stakes in several other firms, such as Israel Chemicals, Oil Refineries Limited, Tower Semiconductor, etc. His mother Aviva Ofer was a homemaker.
In 2014, the Baltic Exchange of London granted him an honorable lifetime permit for his contributions to international shipping and the UK shipping sector.
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As per Lloyd’s List, he is considered to be one of the most prominent and influential maritime owners in the sector” and has been included among the top 100 figures since 2013, such as tenth in 2016 and seventh in 2014, 2021, and also in the year 2022.
In 2012, and 2013 as well as in 2015, he delivered a speech at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Ofer also frequently travels for the yearly gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Ofer became part of the Advisory Board of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in 2018 which is a group of industry experts from business, politics, education, and charity all together.
Bloomberg estimated his overall wealth to be 20.7 billion USD in June 2023.
In 1980, Ofer originally relocated to New York City to launch his family’s real estate business. He made investments in Park Avenue South buildings via his holding firm, Global Holdings, which he then rented to legal and public relations businesses.
He built up an empire of real estate over decades thanks to his extensive understanding of ships, which gave him the confidence to handle other physical assets.
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