Sammy Ofer

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Sammy Ofer, 2010

Sammy Ofer (born February 22, 1922 in Romania as Shmuel Hershkovitz ; † June 3, 2011 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa ) was an Israeli entrepreneur , philanthropist and art lover. With a fortune of approximately 6.5 billion US dollars (as of August 2010), his family is currently the richest in Israel.

Life

After he and his family emigrated from Romania to the British Mandate Palestine in 1924, he grew up in Haifa , attended elementary school there and worked as a messenger in a shipping company .

After the beginning of the Second World War, he entered the Royal Navy . After Israel declared independence, he served in the Israeli Navy during the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948 . After completing his military service, he became a freight forwarder; In 1950 he bought his first ship, founded a shipping company with his brother Yuli Ofer and expanded the Ofer Brothers Group into a conglomerate with various business areas in the following years .

Charity

Ofer withdrew a proposed $ 20 million donation to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art after other donors expressed displeasure that the museum was planning to rename itself after him. He and his wife Aviva subsequently placed an advertisement in an Israeli newspaper announcing the withdrawal of the donation and with the headline “Sorry for wanting to donate”.

In Haifa , the largest sports facility in the city, the Sammy Ofer Stadium (Sammy Ofer Stadium, also Haifa International Stadium) was built between 2009 and 2014 . By donating £ 20 million to the National Maritime Museum in London in 2008, Sammy Ofer enabled the construction of a new wing, the Sammy Ofer Wing , which opened in 2011. In recognition of his contributions to the maritime heritage of the United Kingdom , he was honored as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on November 10, 2008 .

Private

Sammy Ofer lived in Monte Carlo ( Monaco ) for a long time , was married and has two sons, Eyal Ofer and Idan Ofer . From 2009 until his death he lived again in Israel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4077812,00.html
  2. ↑ a b c Globes.co.il Sammy Ofer to move back to Israel from London (accessed June 26, 2012)
  3. ↑ Forbes Magazine
  4. ↑ Globes.co.il: "Forbes" ranks Sammy Ofer as richest Israeli
  5. ^ National Maritime Museum: The Sammy Ofer Wing: A Sea Change
  6. ^ The Sunday Times of March 28, 2008: Old sailor Sammy Ofer gives £ 20m to the National Maritime Museum
  7. ^ The National Maritime Museum's Sammy Ofer Wing opens July 14, 2011. Royal Museums Greenwich, April 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ Honorary Awards Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( Memento from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ ts / 2010/10 / billionaires-2010_Sammy-Ofer-family_QK08.html Short portrait in Forbes Magazine
personal data
SURNAME Ofer, Sammy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hershkovitz, Shmuel (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Romania
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 2011
Place of death Tel Aviv-Jaffa , Israel