Reporting from Jerusalem — Israeli billionaireSammy Ofer, whose powerful, family-owned conglomerate is under scrutiny for alleged dealings with Iran, died Friday in Tel Aviv after a long illness. He was 89.
Considered Israel’s richest man with a family fortune estimated by Forbes at $10.3 billion, Ofer and his brother, Yuli, built Ofer Bros. Group into Israel’s biggest private enterprise, with interests in shipping, oil refineries, chemicals, semiconductors, banking and media.
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