1. Eyal Ofer is a Monaco-based billionaire, born in Israel.
24 Facts About Eyal Ofer
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Eyal Ofer is a real estate, energy, technology and shipping magnate, an art collector, and a philanthropist.
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Eyal Ofer's father, Sammy Ofer, was a Romanian-born Israeli shipping magnate and once Israel's richest man.
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Eyal Ofer graduated from Atlantic College, an international boarding school affiliated with the United World Colleges, based in St Donat's Castle, Wales.
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Eyal Ofer served as an intelligence officer in the Israeli Air Force from 1967 to 1973.
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Eyal Ofer then studied Maritime Law at the University of London.
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Eyal Ofer has spoken at industry events, including at the Milken Institute Global Conference in 2012,2013 and 2015.
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Eyal Ofer regularly attends the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.
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In 2018, Eyal Ofer joined the Advisory Board of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
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Eyal Ofer first moved to New York City in 1980 to start the family real estate business, and invested in properties on Park Avenue South, which he rented to law firms and public relations firms through his real estate company, Global Holdings.
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Eyal Ofer is the chairman of Global Holdings, a private real estate holding company specializing in large-scale commercial real estate and high-end residential developments.
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Eyal Ofer's portfolio includes more than 120 properties and over 1,500 hotel rooms.
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Eyal Ofer started his career in international maritime transportation in all the major shipping segments in the 1980s.
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Eyal Ofer has been a director of Royal Caribbean Cruises, the second largest cruise company in the world, since May 1995 and holds a significant stake in the company.
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In 2022, Eyal Ofer was ranked 7th in the Lloyd's List Top 100 Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry.
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Eyal Ofer has interests in technology companies through single LP VC fund OG.
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In 2022, Eyal Ofer stated that "Technology has become the global economy's central nervous system" at the launch of OG.
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Eyal Ofer is listed among the top 200 collectors in the world of contemporary, modern, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art by ARTnews.
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Eyal Ofer inherited half of an extensive collection from his father, including masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, and continues to expand a significant collection.
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Eyal Ofer is associated with several Arts institutions and is a founding member of the Circle of Friends of Fondation Giacometti in Paris.
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Eyal Ofer is a trustee and serves on the permanent acquisitions committee for the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Eyal Ofer was one of the donors to the Gloriana during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012.
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Eyal Ofer is married to Marilyn Ofer, and they have four children.
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Eyal Ofer owns an apartment at 15 Central Park West, a building he developed located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.