
Haim Saban

Haim Saban was bornon 15 October 1944 in Beverly Hills, California, United States. Haim Saban is #722 in List Billionaires People In The World. Haim Saban turned success with children's TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers into Fox Family Channel, a joint venture with News Corp. Disney bought Fox Family Chanel in 2001 for $5 billion including debt; Saban's take was $1.7 billion. Saban chairs Spanish language TV network Univision Communications, which filed to go public in July 2015 but has yet to do so. Saban and a group of private equity investors purchased Univision for $13.7 billion (including some $10 billion in debt) in 2007. Univision bought the assets of bankrupt media firm Gawker for $135 million in August 2016.
2009 | $2.8 Billion |
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2010 | $3.4 Billion |
2011 | $2.9 Billion |
2012 | $3.1 Billion |
2013 | $3.4 Billion |
2014 | $3.4 Billion |
2015 | $3.5 Billion |
2016 | $2.9 Billion |
2017 | $3 Billion |
2018 | $3.24 Billion |
Huggable lamb that I am, people tell me I'm a tough negotiator.
In March 2017, Saban was honored with the 2,605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television
Saban supported Hillary Clinton for President of the United States in the 2016 U
Between June 2015 and June 2016, he and his wife donated US$7 million to Priorities USA, a pro-Clinton Super PAC
Saban contributed $2,000,000 to support Proposition 27, California's proposed 2010 repeal of Proposition 11, the 2008 redistricting reform – the same reform that Haim Saban previously supported with a $100,000 contribution
Regarding Jane Harman AIPAC Controversy, in April 2009, New York Times, quoting anonymous sources, said a caller promised her that Saban would withhold campaign contributions to Representative Nancy Pelosi if she did not select Ms
Saban contributed $100,000 to pass California's 2008 redistricting reform, Proposition 11, which created a Citizens Redistricting Commission to redraw California's state political boundaries, but not U
In 2007, Saban donated $14 million to complete the children's hospital at Soroka Medical Center
Haim Saban discussed his views on the Middle East and Persian Gulf region in great detail in a 2006 interview with Haaretz
"In 2005, Saban spent $100,000 to oppose California's 2005 Proposition 77 redistricting reform
"Saban has also made donations to members of the Republican Party including a 2003 contribution to George W
”In 2002 Saban provided an initial grant of 13 million USD and a pledge of additional funds to create the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a foreign policy think tank based in Washington, D
" Saban's donations during that 2001–2002 period exceeded $10 million, the largest donation the DNC has received from a single source up to that time
During the 2000 presidential election, Saban increased his rank to 5th among individual donors with a combined contribution of $1,250,500
Mother Jones, in an analysis of the major donors to the campaigns of 1998 election cycle, ranked Saban 155th among individual donors
made an offer to purchase IFE through the joint venture in 1997
In 1996, News Corporation's Fox Children's Productions and Haim Saban's Saban Entertainment merged to form Fox Kids Worldwide
Saban became involved in politics in the mid-1990s when he felt that support for Israel was slipping in the United States
In the United States, he became a television producer, founding Saban Entertainment in 1988
During that time, Haim Saban and partner Shuki Levy became known for soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s
In 1978 and 1982, Saban used the pseudonym Kussa for music/lyrics writing credits on four records for which he also served as producer using his real name
In the early 1970s, Saban moved to France where he worked as a music producer
In July 1969, the band appeared on the BBC TV programme Colour Me Pop
Saban started his career in 1966 as a bass player and manager with the rock band The Lions of Judah (Ha'arayot), which was named after the Lion of Judah in Jewish Scripture
In 1956, the Saban family immigrated to Israel, along with most of the Egyptian Jewish community
Saban was born in 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian Jewish family
A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $3 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 232nd richest person in America