Name
Haim Saban
Haim Saban
Beverly Hills, California
Diploma, High School
United States
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TV network, investments, Self Made
$3,000,000,000
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#804 Billionaires 2019
#280 Forbes 400 2018
Haim Saban turned his success with children's TV show 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' into Fox Family Channel, a joint venture with News Corp.Saban, who bought the franchise back in 2010, sold Power Rangers for a second time in 2017, this time to Hasbro in a $522 million deal.Saban and a group of private equity investors purchased Spanish language TV Network Univision Communications for $13.7 billion in 2007.Saban is still chairman of Univision, which filed to go public in July 2015 but cancelled its IPO plans in March 2018.The Sabans, who have given $350 million to various organizations, pledged $50 million to the forthcoming Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Born in Egypt to Jewish parents, Saban moved with his family to Tel Aviv when he was a child and lived in a one-room flat. While serving in the Israeli army, Saban landed a booking for his band, but he didn't have a band or play an instrument, so he founded a band on the spot.
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