[1] In 2014, Shabtai and his family also sold their controlling share in Viber, the Israeli instant-messaging, voice and video calling app.
After two years in Paris, he traveled to South Africa, where he worked as a croupier at a casino in Swaziland.
[3][5] In February 2014, the $900 million sale of Viber, an Israeli instant messaging, voice and video calling app, to Japanese company Rakuten earned the Shabtai family (Benny, his brother Gilad, and Gilad's son Ofer) some $500 million from their 55.2% stake.
[3][6] Shabtai is a board member[failed verification] of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), an American organization that supports Israeli soldiers.
[9] Shabtai calls his involvement with FIDF in "educating" the American people on "the sacrifices of young Israeli soldiers and the dangers they experience" as his "greatest success," adding, "It's the best thing I've done in my life.