Idan Ofer (Hebrew: עידן עופר; born 2 October 1955) is an Israeli billionaire businessman and philanthropist, with interests in shipping, energy, mining and sports.

[citation needed] Ofer grew up in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Romanian-Jewish) descent.

[6][7][8] He was enlisted as to mandatory military service in the Israeli Navy, serving as deputy commander of a patrol boat.

[9][10] With Richard Branson and others, he is a co-founder of the Carbon War Room, a think tank on climate change based in Washington, D.C.[6][10][25] According to The Financial Times, he is "a Tel Aviv liberal in the mould of the old Israeli Labour party.

[27] By February 2023, the Israel Corporation sold all its shares in Oil Refineries to David Federmann, as part of the company's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.

[31] As per Forbes list of The Richest People In The World, dated 8 March 2024 Idan Ofer ranked #120 with a net worth of $15.8 Billion.

[32] In 2018, Ofer purchased a 51% stake via Quantum Pacific Group in Portuguese second league football club Famalicão, which he subsequently increased to 85% in 2019.

[4] Ofer also owns a 33% stake in Spain's La Liga football club Atlético Madrid.

[39][40] In 2014, an Israeli TV show raised questions about the possible engagement of services from an intelligence firm in one of Ofer's companies.

After Ofer sold his Oil Refineries shares, he's now associated with one company featured on the list.

[11][12][42][43] As a result of the charitable gift, the largest private donation the school has ever received, the LBS built the Sammy Ofer Centre in 2017 in honor of his father.