Shaul Shani (Hebrew: שאול שני; born c. 1955) is an Israeli businessman in the technology industry, and the owner of Swarth Group.

Early life

Shaul Shani was born circa 1955.[1] He grew up in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa. His father worked at the Port of Haifa.[2]

Career

Shani started investing in the 1980s.[1] He founded Oshap Technologies in 1982.[1] It was listed on the NASDAQ three years later, in 1985.[1] By 1999, he sold it to SunGard for US$210 million.[1] He was also a co-founder of Sapiens International Corporation and Tecnomatix, two companies listed on the NASDAQ which he later sold.[1]

He founded Global Village Telecom, a Brazilian telecommunications company, in 1999.[1][3][4] Upon selling it to Vivendi for US$4.5 billion in 2009, he made a profit of US$1.5 billion.[1][3][4]

He is the owner of Swarth Group, which controls ECI Telecom.[3]

In May 2015, his net worth was estimated at US$3.0 billion.[1] As of February 2022, Forbes listed his net worth at $4.1 billion.[1]

Personal life

Shani resides in Italy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Shaul Shani". Forbes. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "הכירו את המיליארדר שאול שני, שעומד מאחורי היד הקשה שהופעלה נגד עובדי ECI". דבר העובדים בארץ ישראל (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Secretive Israeli Billionaire Invested In Tech Before It Was Cool, Forbes, 2 June 2013
  4. 1 2 Shuki Sadeh, The Israeli who built a $9 billion empire in the jungles of Brazil, Haaretz, 1 November 2014
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