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Benny Shabtai ( ) is an Israeli American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.1He was the president and founder of Raymond Weil USA until 2009 when he sold his company.2During those years, he helped develop the Swiss luxury watchmaker into a recognized global brand. In 2014, he and other members of the Shabtai family earned some $500 million from the sale of Viber , an Israeli instant messaging, voice and video calling app in which they owned a controlling stake. In philanthropy, he regularly chaired the national gala dinners of the American charity, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), and is credited with bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars of donations for the cause under his leadership. Shabtai , the global Jewish leadership society based at Yale University , is eponymously named after him due to his support.3
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Benny Shabtai ( ) is an Israeli-born, American businessman. He was the president and founder of Raymond Weil USA until 2009 when he sold his company. In 2014, Shabtai and his family sold their controlling share in Viber , the Israeli instant-messaging, voice and video calling app ." Transforming Israel into an ivory tower brand " by James Kirchick , Haaretz , March 24, 2015 " U.S. based Shabtai family to early 496 million from Viber sale " by Joshua Levitt , Algemeiner Journal , February 17, 2014
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli businessman Benny Shabtai ( ) is an Israeli businessman.He was the president of Raymond Weil USA which was the exclusive distributor of Raymond Weil watches in the United States until 2009 when he sold his company. In 2014, Shabtai and his family also sold their controlling share in Viber , the Israeli instant-messaging, voice and video calling app . " Transforming Israel into an ivory tower brand " by James Kirchick , Haaretz , March 24, 2015 " U.S. based Shabtai family to early 496 million from Viber sale " by Joshua Levitt , Algemeiner Journal , February 17, 2014
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Israeli businessman Benny Shabtai ( Hebrew : בני שבתאי ) is an Israeli businessman. He was the president of Raymond Weil USA which was the exclusive distributor of Raymond Weil watches in the United States until 2009 when he sold his company. In 2014, Shabtai and his family also sold their controlling share in Viber , the Israeli instant-messaging, voice and video calling app . " Transforming Israel into an ivory tower brand " by James Kirchick , Haaretz , March 24, 2015 " U.S. based Shabtai family to early 496 million from Viber sale " by Joshua Levitt , Algemeiner Journal , February 17, 2014
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israeli-american multimillionaire businessman and investor
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