Meshulam Riklis, a Turkish-born Israeli-American businessman, died Friday at the age of 95.
Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1923, Riklis was raised in Tel Aviv. At the age of 23, Riklis moved the United States.
At the peak of his wealth, Riklis claimed a net worth of roughly $1 billion. Riklis later published an account of the establishment of his business empire in the 2017 book "$950 Million in 40 Minutes".
On Friday, Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv announced that Riklis had passed away. He is survived by his wife, Tali, and four of his children. He was preceded in death by his eldest daughter, Simona Riklis-Ackerman.