Saban

Haim Saban is an Egyptian born Israeli-American television and media proprietor. With an estimated current net worth of $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 104th richest person in America. In 1956, the Saban family immigrated to Israel along with the bulk of the Egyptian Jewish community.... Saban was sent to a Youth Aliyah boarding school. Expelled for being a troublemaker, he enrolled in a night school where the principal told him: “You’re not cut out for academic studies; you’re cut out for making money.” Saban is married to Cheryl Saban , with whom he has two children. He also has two stepchildren, Tifany and Heidi Lenhart. He resides in Beverly Hills, California. Saban started his career in 1966 as a bass player and manager with the rock band The Lions of Judah . In 1969 Dave Watts from the British band The Tornados joined The Lions. That year, the band traveled to England, performed in night clubs in London and was signed up by Polydor Records. In July 1969, the band appeared on the BBC TV programme Colour Me Pop.
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