Shari Arison – Family, Family Tree

Shari Arison is an American-born Israeli businesswoman, philanthropist and Israel’s wealthiest woman.

She owns Arison Investments Companies of which the largest is the Bank Hapoalim. She has many philanthropic organisations. These are subsidiaries of the Ted Arison Family Foundation.

Early Life and Education

Shari Arison was born on 9th September 1957 in New York City to Ted Arison and Mina Arison Sapir. In 1966, her parents divorced so Shari moved to live with her mother in Israel. When she was twelve, she moved to the US to live with her father. After 5 years, Shari returned to Israel where she enlisted in the Israel Defence Forces. In 1999, Shari’s father died and she inherited 35% of his possessions. Currently, she controls the Arison Group.

Family of Shari

The Arison family is an Israeli-American business family. In 1882, Moshe and Sarah Arison emigrated to Ottoman Palestine from Romania. They were the founders of the town of Zikhron Ya’akov. Their eldest son, Meir, was the father of Ted Arison.

Shari married and divorced three times. First husband, Jose Antonio Sueiras was an officer on one of the ships owned by Ted.

Jose and Shari had three children. Second husband, Miki Dorsman was a basketball player, and they had one child. Her third husband was Ofer Glazer.