Leon Chani net worth
Leon Chani Net Worth: Leon Charney is an American real estate mogul, political pundit, media personality and philanthropist with a net worth of $1.3 billion. Leon Charney, one of the wealthiest Americans today, is best known as a New York real estate mogul. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1938 to poor Jewish parents, he sang in the Brooklyn Law School synagogue.
Soon after earning his Juris Doctor degree, he began to make a name for himself in the corporate world. At the same time, he served as an unofficial adviser to US President Jimmy Carter during the Camp David Accords. Despite his behind-the-scenes role, he was instrumental in bringing about the first comprehensive peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978 and 1979. He purchased his first building, Times Square, the night Carter lost the presidential election to Ronald Reagan in 1980. Some three decades later, Charney has become a major real estate owner in New York’s Times Square, which includes three skyscrapers with 1.2 million square feet of commercial space. As for his private life, Leon Charney is married to Tzili Doron and has two children.
