Mayor Wildes and U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman

Greet Philanthropist Lev Leviev  

Mayor Wildes (right) and U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (left) flank Lev Leviev (middle), Chairman, Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. the America-Israel Friendship League's annual Partners for Democracy Award Dinner held Monday, November 12, 2007 at the Pierre Hotel , Fifth Ave. in New York City. Mr. Leviev was a recipient of this year's Partners for Democracy Award. This honor is bestowed upon distinguished individuals and organizations who have demonstrated their support of United States-Israel friendship. The award recognizes and pays tribute to successful economic partnerships between enterprises in the United States and in Israel that cultivate and strengthen relations, common bonds and mutual respect between the people of the two countries.

Lev Avnerovich Leviev (born on July 30 , 1956 in Tashkent , Soviet Union ) is a Bukharian Jewish billionaire who lives in Israel . Leviev is ranked 210th among the world’s wealthiest people, with an estimated personal net worth of $4.1 billion, although his associates put the figure closer to $8 billion. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Africa Israel Investments Limited , an investment company with enterprises in Israel and around the globe aiming for a market value of $7 billion by the end of 2007. Leviev purchased the company a decade ago for $400 million. It is his only publicly traded company.Lev Leviev has investments in the diamond industry, real estate and chemicals . He owns Israel Plus , an Israeli Russian-language TV channel, and is chairman of Africa Israel Investments , an international holding and investment company involved in residential real estate, shopping malls , energy, fashion, telecom, and media. Leviev owns diamond mines in Russia and Africa, and is a major competitor to the De Beers international diamond cartel.Leviev is a major supporter of Jewish philanthropic causes and president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC), an umbrella body representing Jewish communities across the former Soviet Union . He is the founder of the Ohr Avner Foundation (named for Leviev's father). In 2005, Leviev's company completed a $230 million 5,800apartment project in Modi'in Illit , for the Haredi sector. Leviev recently opened a luxury jewelry store on Old Bond Street in London . He has plans to invest billions in the Far East, and is considering investments in Argentina , Brazil and Russia

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