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My Take
Haim Saban is a fascinating study in reinvention. Born in Alexandria in 1944, Israeli and American, he built a fortune that crosses music, television, finance, and media, the kind of self-made arc you don't see plotted so cleanly very often. To me the throughline is instinct for what audiences want before they know it, the same nose that turns a songwriter into a media proprietor worth billions. The 2017 Walk of Fame star reads as the entertainment industry acknowledging one of its quieter power players. I respect builders who stay hands-on across wildly different businesses; that range suggests curiosity, not just appetite, and curiosity is what keeps moguls relevant.
Overview
Haim Saban (; Hebrew: חיים סבן; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, he has an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Haim Saban
- Name (Japanese)
- ハイム・サバン
- Reading
- はいむ・さばん
- Born
- October 15, 1944 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- financier / businessperson / songwriter / record producer / talent manager
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2017 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Financier — see all → · Businessperson — see all → · More people from Egypt →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.