Wealthy businessman Idan Ofer has been married to his wife Batia Perry for decades after three failed marriages. He has five children. Details about his family explored.
Idan Ofer is an Israeli billionaire businessman and philanthropist, with interests in shipping, energy, mining, and sports.
The son of late billionaire, Sammy Ofer, is the founder of Eastern Pacific Shipping, and the principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a holding company.
Idan and his wife, who were Harvard Kennedy School’s board executives, are reportedly resigning from the position in protest of the school’s President Claudine Gay’s ‘lukewarm’ response to Israel for the massacre committed by Hamas. He even went further by blasting the university’s president over a Hamas student letter.
Following their decision, many want to know more about his family, especially his wife, and children. Read on for more about his personal life.
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Who is Idan Ofer married to?
Businessman Idan Ofer has been married four times in his entire life.
The names of his wives from the first to the fourth are Orly, Romi Ben Ami, Yifat Gurion, and Batia Perry.
All of his failed marriages ended in divorce.
At the moment, there are no further details about his relationships with his past spouses.
Who is Batia Ofer?
Batia Perry is the fourth and current wife of business magnate, Idan Ofer.
She is also an entrepreneur and a charity fundraiser by profession.
Batia was also a member of the executive board at Harvard Kennedy School.
She co-owns several businesses with her spouse.
How many children does Idan Ofer have?
When Idan Ofer is not busy with his work, he comes home to his family. Yes, he is a father and a proud one.
He has fathered five children from his four marriages. The known names of his kids are Gil Ofer and Leigh Ofe.
His son Gil Ofer, one of the new tech-savvy generation of the Ofer family at Eastern Pacific Shipping, has made it his mission to transform the company into a trendsetter in green maritime technology.
He once sparked dating rumors with Sofia Richie after she was spotted packing on the PDA with the billionaire heir, months following her breakup from Scott Disick and another ex.
The Ofer Idan family resided in Arsuf, Israel (near Tel Aviv) until 2013.
His daughter Leigh resides in New York City; his other children reside in London.
What is known about Idan Ofer’s family?
Idan was born on October 2, 1955, in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, into a wealthy Israeli family. Ofer grew up in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Romanian-Jewish) descent.
His parents are Shmuel Herskovich (famously known as Sammy Ofer) and Aviva Ofer.
His uncle is Yuli Ofer and has a brother named Eyal Ofer, who is also an Israeli businessman.
Idan owes his success to his late father Sammy who was an Israeli shipping magnate who immigrated to Israel from Romania.
Before Sammy Ofer died, he was regarded as one of the Israeli billionaires.
When growing up and before he ventured into business, Idan was enlisted for mandatory military service in the Israeli Navy, serving as deputy commander of a patrol boat.
He graduated from the University of Haifa, Israel, with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Shipping. He then received a Master’s in Business Administration from the London Business School in the 1980s.
What is Idan Ofer’s net worth?
Despite Idan Ofer being born into a wealthy family, he has been able to amass wealth and create business investments of his own.
Per Forbes, Idan Ofer has an estimated current net worth of $14 billion. He accrued his fortune for his primary career as a shipping and chemicals magnate.
He is the founder of Eastern Pacific Shipping, and the principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a holding company.
He is also the owner of the Israeli holding company Lynav Holdings and the Dutch-based Ansonia Holdings.
Per Calcalistech, Ofer owns a 33% stake in Spain’s La Liga association football club Atlético Madrid and an 85% stake in Portugal’s Primeira Liga association football club FC Famalicão.
Idan and his wife Batia Ofer jointly own a majority stake in Israel Corp. and Kenon Holdings, which was spun off from Israel Corp.
The Ofer family is one of the wealthiest in Israel. The late patriarch, Sammy Ofer, derived most of his wealth from his ownership stake in Israel Chemicals as well as ZIM, the cargo shipping service.
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Why did Idan Ofer leave Harvard board?
Idan Ofer and his wife, Batia, are resigning their posts on the executive board of Harvard’s Kennedy School in protest of school President Claudine Gay’s belated lukewarm response to the student letter blaming Israel for the massacre committed by Hamas terrorists on Saturday.
Ofer said that he and his wife were quitting the board, according to the Hebrew-language news site TheMarker.
Ofer and his wife, Batia said they resigned “in protest of the shocking and insensitive response by the president of the university, who did not condemn the letter by student organizations who blamed Israel for the massacres.”
Gay has come under fire from Harvard alums including former school president Larry Summers, who decried the “delayed” statement from her office in response to the student letter.
“Why can’t we give reassurance that the University stands squarely against Hamas terror to frightened students when 35 groups of their fellow students appear to be blaming all the violence on Israel?” Summers wrote in his social media post late on Monday.
Summers’ disappointment was in response to the lukewarm statement released by the president’s office on Monday.
“We write to you today heartbroken by the death and destruction unleashed by the attack by Hamas that targeted citizens in Israel this weekend, and by the war in Israel and Gaza now underway,” Harvard administrators wrote in the statement from Monday.
The statement did not explicitly condemn Hamas, prompting Summers to post his criticism.