Latest
Every story from The Olam, newest first — 1,203 stories and counting.
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 12, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTGalam Sold: How Kibbutz Maanit Cashed Out Israel's Specialty-Ingredients Leader to FIMI in 2017
Seventy-seven years of kibbutz ownership. A $76 million specialty-ingredients business selling into 40+ countries. A full exit — zero retained stake — to Israel's largest private e…
- Real Estate · Jul 12, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTGreat Neck: The Eastern Persian Counterpoint
The eastern Persian counterpoint to Iranian-Jewish LA. 15-20K Persian Jews on Long Island's North Shore. Real estate, the Manhattan Diamond District, the garment industry. The Mash…
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 12, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTCore42: Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Cyber Stack
The cloud, cyber, and AI infrastructure arm inside G42. This is the operating unit that actually spends the money — and the one Israeli cyber teams keep quietly ending up inside.
- Founders & Companies · Jul 12, 2026, 4:14 AM EDTThe Yanai Family: Nofar Energy and Beyond
The Yanai family, with two Tel Aviv-listed companies, holds a ₪2 billion personal fortune. This wealth traces back to a single household in Yavne.
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jul 12, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTBernie Marcus's $2 Billion Bet: What Happens to the Marcus Foundation Now
Bernie Marcus died in November 2024 with $11B and a giving footprint that shaped Israel, campus Jewish life, and American conservatism. The Marcus Foundation succession is the bigg…
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 12, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTShikun & Binui: Naty Saidoff's Israeli Infrastructure Conglomerate
Shikun & Binui is the Israeli construction company that built the state and then went to work on three continents. Controlled by Naty Saidoff from Los Angeles — acquired after the…
- Olam Research · Jul 12, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTQatar Investment Authority (QIA)
Sovereign wealth fund of Qatar. ~$510B AUM. Chaired by PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, run by CEO Mohammed Al-Sowaidi. Anchor holdings: Barclays, Volkswagen, Glencore,…
- Israeli AI Companies & Infrastructure · Jul 11, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWhy Canadian VCs Use Israel as a Deeptech Gateway
Radical, Georgian, Real, Golden, Kensington, Version One, iNovia — Canada's top VCs treat Israel as a primary deal-source geography. The Vector Institute plus Tel Aviv, and why the…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jul 10, 2026, 10:33 AM EDTEurope Admitted Antisemitism Is Rising. Its Protection System Still Falls Short.
Europe admitted antisemitism is rising but rejected formal protected status for Jewish communities. A citizen-drafted new Laeken Declaration is now the live test of whether Europe…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Jul 10, 2026, 2:41 AM EDTIHC (International Holding Company)
The UAE's largest publicly listed company. Chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, run by CEO Syed Basar Shueb. Grew from a fish farming business into a $232 billion market-cap conglo…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Jul 10, 2026, 2:40 AM EDTL'IMAD Holding
Abu Dhabi's fourth sovereign wealth fund, chaired by Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed. Absorbed ADQ's $263 billion in assets in January 2026 to reach approximately $300 billi…
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 10, 2026, 2:17 AM EDTThe Olam Israeli Consumer Brand AI Citation Index 2026: Who Owns the Answer in Hebrew — and Who Disappears in English?
Osem leads the Hebrew-language AI Citation Share index for Israeli consumer brands. SodaStream and AHAVA dominate in English across major AI platforms.
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 10, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTPublic Investment Fund (PIF)
Sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. ~$925B AUM; target $2T by 2030. Chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, governed by Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Powers Vision 2030 giga-projects…
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 10, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTZvi Stepak: Meitav Dash Founder
Zvi Stepak founded Meitav Investment House in 1979. Meitav Dash Investments now manages approximately ILS 426 billion for over one million clients.
- Abraham Accords Trade Corridors · Jul 10, 2026, 1:32 AM EDTThe Abraham Accords Trade Corridors
The Accords are five years old. The diplomatic story is over. Bilateral Israel-UAE trade cleared $3.24B in 2023. Morocco is the largest defense buyer. Bahrain is the fintech sandbo…
- The Builders · Jul 10, 2026, 1:31 AM EDTThe Wertheimer Family: Iscar and the $6B Berkshire Sale
The Wertheimer family built Iscar (founded 1952 in Nahariya) and sold it to Berkshire Hathaway in two stages: 80% for $4B in 2006 and the remaining 20% for $2.05B in 2013 — $6.05B…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 9, 2026, 2:00 PM EDTThe 20-to-5 Rule: Israel's Wartime Work-Hour Absorption
Israel absorbed a 1.2 million work-hour monthly loss without breaking its export sector. Faster labor demobilization than any comparable war economy on record. Why foreign VC was t…
- How AI Describes Israel's Economy · Jul 9, 2026, 10:35 AM EDTOlam AI Framing Audit: Israel-Hamas Category — Wave 1 Snapshot, Claude Pilot
Olam tested Anthropic's Claude on 40 informational prompts about Hamas, the IDF, and the war in Gaza on July 8–9, 2026. Composite Framing Index Score: 92/100. Full methodology and…
- Real Estate · Jul 9, 2026, 8:41 AM EDTDefense Tech Is Absorbing Israel's Office Towers — The Tenant Map
Defense and cyber firms leased 140,000+ sqm of Israeli office space in H1 2026, up 32%. Olam mapped 63 named tenants across 13 hubs — Rafael, Wiz, Palo Alto, Elbit — the towers, la…
- Olam Research · Jul 9, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTNaot: How Czech and Austrian Shoemakers Built Israel's Last Footwear Manufacturer at Kibbutz Neot Mordechai
Naot is Israel's last full-scale shoe manufacturer. Founded 1942 by Czech, Austrian, and German Jewish immigrants on what became Kibbutz Neot Mordechai in the Upper Galilee. Sold i…
- Israel-Diaspora Investment Networks · Jul 9, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTThe New York Metro: The Largest Jewish Community in the Diaspora
1.7 million Jews. Five concentration zones. The institutional, philanthropic, and capital center of American Jewish life — and the source community for the South Florida wealth mig…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Jul 9, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTMGX: The $100B Fund Israeli Founders Now Pitch
Abu Dhabi's sovereign AI vehicle is the largest capital pool ever built for one category — and Israeli cyber is inside the deal flow, whether the announcements say so or not.
- Real Estate · Jul 9, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTAlony Hetz: Cross-Border Real-Estate Platform
Alony Hetz (TASE: ALHE) is Nathan Hetz and Avi Wertheim's cross-border real-estate platform. It holds significant stakes in Amot Investments, Carr Properties, and PSP Swiss Propert…
- Israel-Diaspora Investment Networks · Jul 9, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWhy Canadian Pension Capital Invests in Israeli Venture
Canadian pension funds like CPP Investments and Ontario Teachers' manage CAD $1.55T. They invest in Israeli venture for duration, uncorrelated returns, and U.S.-style governance.
- Founders & Companies · Jul 9, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTAvraham Bigger: Shufersal and Makhteshim Agan
Avraham Bigger chaired Shufersal from June 2003 and Makhteshim Agan (TASE: MAIN) from January 2007 through late 2010, during the Nochi Dankner control period of IDB Holdings. Previ…
