I have never been to Israel.  So, what qualifies me to write on Israeli Self-made Billionaires (SMB)?


3 Israeli Mining Self-made Billionaires.
Ivan Glassenberg
Age 60  Net Worth $3.3B      Born  South Africa
He also holds citizenship of Australia, South Africa and Switzerland


Alex Machkovitch
Age 62  Net Worth $1.82 B       Born Korzyk, USSR


Dan Gertler
Age 43  Net Worth $1.34B     Born Israel



The following
2 Israeli Diamond Self-made Billionaires
Beny Steinmetz
Age 60  Net Worth $1,31B      Born Israel


Lev Leviev
Age 60  Net Worth $1.09B       Born  Uzbekistan , USSR


As you can see, 3 out of 5 or the majority of them are born outside Israel.

Why are the Israelis so good in mining and diamonds?  Even better than Software.