Shari Arison — richest woman with roots in the Russian Empire
Shari Arison is an Israeli-American businesswoman and philanthropist who is Israel's wealthiest woman. She inherited the Arison family business empire — including Bank Hapoalim (Israel's largest bank) and the Carnival Corporation cruise line — from her father Ted Arison, and has built her own philanthropic and business legacy.
Tracing the roots — Romania/Russia
Her father Ted Arison's family had roots in Romania and Russia (Russian Empire) — part of the Jewish emigration that built Israel. Ted Arison founded Carnival Corporation — the world's largest cruise line — before returning to Israel. Shari's inherited wealth and her subsequent philanthropic work carry the Israeli-diaspora story forward from those Russian Empire roots.
Heiress to Carnival Cruises (Arison family roots in Empire).
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Romania/Russia. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.