Rating: Who are the 165 richest Jews in the world?

Out of 1,426 billionaires now living in the world, 165 are Jews, and the common wealth amounts to an astonishing $ 812 billion – it has been revealed by the rating of the world's richest Jews of Israel Forbes magazine.

According to Forbes, the increase compared to last year is mainly due to gains recorded on various stock exchanges. Larry Ellison's fortune rose by $ 7 billion to $ 43 billion, Michael Bloomberg gained another 5 billion and a sharp increase of their wealth was recorded especially by Google founders - Larry Page and Sergey Brin year who increased their wealth by $ 4.3 billion to about -23 billion.

Even Len Blavatnik's fortune, who acquired over the past year all industries, jumped by $ 4.1 billion to $ 16 billion.

According to the ranking, the richest Jew in the world is Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, whose fortune is estimated at $ 43 billion - $ 7 billion more than it was worth last year.

Second place in the list is New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is valued at $ 27 billion. Bloomberg richer by $ 5 billion more than a year ago thanks to the performance of Bloomberg LP, the financial data he founded in 1982. Bloomberg owns at least ten houses in Manhattan, Westchester County, Bermuda, Whale and the Hamptons.

In third place is billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who made his fortune in the betting business in the U.S. Adelson's fortune, the proprietor of the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, Forbes estimated by the amount of $ 26.5 billion, after shares in the Sands casino increased 20% since last summer.

Fortune of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dwindled in the past year due to the unsuccessful issue of the shares of the company on Wall Street. But Zuckerberg, ranked 16th on the list of wealthy Jews, is still worth 13.3 billion.

The richest Israeli in the world is Idan Ofer, listed 29th on the list. Ofer's fortune, which has recently been reported that he is considering leaving Israel for London, is estimated at $ 6.5 billion.

Estimated value of Shari Arison grew to $ 4.2 billion; Eyal Ofer, brother of Idan, earned an additional $ 200 million this year, and its value reached $ 6 billion, and the fortunes of Stef Wertheimer and his family grew by $ 200 million to $ 4.4 billion.

And there were also those whose wealth diminished - and yet one cannot pity them: Benny Steinmetz's fortune shrank year by $ 1.8 billion and reached $ 4.1 billion, compared with $ 5.9 billion last year. Wealth of real estate and diamond magnate Lev Leviev, has shrunk this year by $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion. In addition the wealth of Check Point's billionaires there was a decline: Gil Shwid's fortune decreased by $ 250 million to -1.65 billion dollars, while Marius Nacht's fortune decreased by $ 200 million, and reached one billion dollars.

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