Mori Arkin
Herzliya Pituach, Israel
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tel Aviv University
Israel
pharmaceuticals, Self Made
$1,200,000,000
1818
#1818 Billionaires 2019
Mori Arkin got his start in business in 1972 helping his father run a small Israeli pharmaceutical distribution company. The Arkins eventually moved into generic drug manufacturing, founding Agis Industries to do so.In 2004, they sold Agis to U.S. pharmaceutical company Perrigo for $818 million in cash and stock. Still bullish on healthcare, he oversaw a January 2018 public offering on Nasdaq of Sol-Gel Technologies, a dermatology company. He owns over 65%.
His two sons are involved in the family business; his daughter is serving in the Israel Defense Forses.Arkin is an art history buff and enjoys composing music as a hobby.
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