Shari Arison
Tel Aviv, Israel
Drop Out, Miami Dade College
Israel
Carnival Cruises
$4,900,000,000
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#355 Billionaires 2019
#64 Power Women 2012
Shari Arison inherited a fortune from her late father Ted who founded cruise ship line Carnival Corp., and has reinvested much of it.Israel's richest woman, Arison created The Doing Good Model - guidelines for incorporating social good into running a business.She has invested in various real estate projects, including a desalination plant and a thermo-solar power plant. She also owns 16% of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank. She also founded the Ted Arison Family Foundation in 1981.
She received the annual Medal of Light award from Israel's parliament in 2016 for her work with Holocaust survivors through the Arison Family Foundation. In 2007 she launched the annual Good Deeds Day to advocate community service. In 2017, Good Deeds Day was recognized in 93 countries.
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