Leviev net worth
Leviev Net Worth: Lev Leviev is a Soviet-Israeli businessman, philanthropist and investor with a net worth of $1.5 billion. Leviev made his fortune through investments in the real estate, chemical and diamond industries and is now the Chairman of the Board and the controlling shareholder of Africa Israel Investments Ltd.
(Motion Picture Association of America). As of November 2012, he was also executive chairman of the investment firm AFI, which unfortunately was on the brink of bankruptcy. Leviev also owns several diamond mines in Africa and Russia, and his main rival is the De Beers International Diamond Cartel. In fact, he even made a name for himself in undermining the De Beers diamond cartel, striking his own deals with diamond-producing countries such as Russia and Angola. Over the years, however, Leviev has become the king of diamonds, and his former partner Arkady Gaidamac sued Leviev, who accused Leviev of owing Gaidamac $1 billion to Angolan diamonds related commissions and dividends. Fortunately, the London court sided with Leviev, ordering Gaydamak to pay Leviev’s attorneys’ fees. Lev Avnerovich Leviev was born on July 30, 1956 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union, of Jewish descent. As such, he is the President of the Federation of Russian Jewish Communities and has made major charitable donations to Hasidic Jewish causes in Eastern Europe and Israel. Lev currently lives in London, England, and is married with nine children.
