predecessor religion years_active net_worth successor nationality ethnicity title relatives birth_date term residence article_title name occupation
'' ` founder '' ' judaism 1996 -- present us '' ` incumbent '' ' israeli jewish president of companies , dgi -lrb- dan gertler international -rrb- group moshe schnitzer -lrb- grandfather -rrb- 1973 12 1996 -- present israel dan gertler
 dan gertler businessman
dan gertler

dan gertler -lrb- born december 1973 -rrb- is an israeli billionaire businessman and the founder and president of the dgi -lrb- dan gertler international -rrb- group of companies .
he has major diamond and copper mining interests in the low-income republic of the congo -lrb- drc -rrb- , the most resource rich country in the world .
he has also invested in iron ore , gold , cobalt , agriculture , banking and oil .
gertler has previously been described as `` controversial '' , being accused of making most of his $ 2.5 bn fortune from `` looting congo at the expense of its people '' .
gertler himself claimed he should be awarded a nobel prize for his `` work developing the democratic republic of the congo '' despite the country 's persistent ranking at the bottom of the un 's development index .
in 2013 dan gertler was one of seventeen billionaires from israel who was listed in 670th place on the forbes list of billionaires with a fortunes of $ 2.2 billion .
his partner in global enterprises corporate -lrb- gec -rrb- , mining magnate beny steinmetz , ranked in 316th place with a fortune of $ 4.1 billion .
