Shari Alison

Shari Arison
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Shari Arison (born 1957) is an Israeli-American businesswoman and Israel's wealthiest citizen. She is the owner of several businesses and the largest among them is Bank Hapoalim. According to Forbes, she is the richest woman in the Middle East, and the only woman to be ranked in the region's top 20.[1][2]
Shari was born in New York, and is the daughter of the businessman Ted Arison. She has an older brother, Micky Arison. In 1966 her parents decided to divorce and she moved to reside with her mother in Israel. At the age of 12 she returned to the United States to live with her father, and five years later (at the age of 17) she returned to Israel in order to enlist in the Israeli Defense Forces.
Arison is the mother of four children. She has been married three times, most recently to businessman Ofer Glazer.
In 1999 Shari's father, Ted Arison, died, and bequeathed her 35% of his possessions. Her estimated assets nowadays are around 5 billion dollars.
In 2003 she caused a big wave of protest against her, after 900 workers were fired from Bank Hapoalim.
In 2007 her husband, Ofer Glazer, was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison, for sexual harassment and indecent acts on two women.