Beny Steinmetz

Beny Steinmetz is an Israeli businessman. His portfolio is in diamond-mining and real estate.[1][2]

Biography

He inherited the Geneva-based Steinmetz Diamond Group from his father.[3] He is the CEO of the Beny Steinmetz Resource Group, also based in Geneva.[4][5][6]

He is also CEO of Simfer S.A., an Israel-based company that has done business in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4] Together with DiamondWorks, a subsidiary of Branch Energy Ltd., he co-owns Koidu Holdings.[7] In 1997, he founded STI Ventures NV, venture capital firm that invests in start-up companies in Israel.[8] In 1999, he was the owner of Tucows.[9] As of 2010, he also owned Cunico, and publicly traded Katanga Mining.[3] With his company called Scorpio, he owns real estate in Kazakhstan, Russia, and eastern Europe.[2][3]

According to the March 2011 issue of Forbes, he is worth US$6 billion.[1] As of March 2011, he was the second richest person in Israel, before Sammy Ofer died in June 2011.[10]

He lives in Netanya, Israel.[1] He is married with four children.[3] With his wife, he oversees the Beny & Agnes Steinmetz Foundation, which donates to schools, hospitals, army units and the arts.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c 'Everyday Fortunes: Getting Rich by Selling the Basics', in Forbes, March 28, 2011, p. 61
  2. ^ a b Michael Rochvarger, 'Hapoalim confronts Beny Steinmetz', in Haaretz, 13.05.10 [1]
  3. ^ a b c d e Forbes 2010
  4. ^ a b Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven, Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2008, Brill Publishers, 2008, p. 109 [2]
  5. ^ Bate Felix, 'Rio says reaches accord with Guinea over Simandou', Reuters, Apr 22 [3]
  6. ^ Joan Baxter, Dust from our eyes: an unblinkered look at Africa, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd., 2008, p. 226 [4]
  7. ^ Rita Abrahamsen, Michael C. Williams, Security Beyond the State: Private Security in International Politics, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 160 [5]
  8. ^ STI Ventures NV BusinessWeek
  9. ^ ISLA, Volume 54, Issue 12, Oakland, California: Information Services on Latin America, 1999, p. 7379 [6]
  10. ^ 'Sammy Ofer tops Israelis in 'Forbes' billionaires list', in The Jerusalem Post, 03/10/2011 [7]