Eyal Ofer, an Israeli businessman based in Monaco, is ranked No. 62 on the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list with a net worth of $33.6 billion. He is chairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Group and Global Holdings.
Eyal Ofer was born on June 2, 1950, in Haifa, Israel, the son of the Romanian-born shipping magnate Sammy Ofer, who was once Israel’s richest man. His younger brother is Idan Ofer. He lives in Monaco.
Net Worth and Rank
- Forbes 2026 list: No. 62, with $33.6 billion
- Earlier estimate: in November 2024 the Bloomberg Billionaires Index put his wealth at $26.5 billion
Education and Early Life
Ofer graduated from Atlantic College in Wales, an international boarding school. As a teenager he spent summers working on one of the family’s ships, loading cargo and repainting hulls. He served as an intelligence officer in the Israeli Air Force from 1967 to 1973 and then studied maritime law at the University of London.
Business
His interests are separate from those of his brother Idan. They are concentrated in shipping, cruise lines and global real estate within the Ofer Global group, a Monaco-based private company that also covers oil and gas, banking and investments in Europe, North America, the Near East and Asia.
- 2014: he received an honorary lifetime membership of the Baltic Exchange in London for his contribution to shipping
- Lloyd’s List: it has ranked him among its 100 most influential people since 2013, including tenth in 2016 and seventh in 2014, 2021 and 2022
- Forums: he has spoken at the Milken Institute Global Conference, attends the World Economic Forum in Davos and joined the advisory board of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in 2018
Family
His brother is covered in Idan Ofer’s biography.
Why It Matters
Ofer is one of the best-known owners in global shipping and a large investor in real estate, and his companies are privately held.
Net worth figures change daily with share prices. Rankings here follow the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, with wealth measured on March 1, 2026.
Image: Eyal Ofer (centre) at an event in January 2016. Photo: Financial Times / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
