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Beny Steinmetz ( he, בני שטיינמץ; born 2 April 1956) is an Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, with a focus in the mining and energy sectors, while being also active in the real estate and diamond-mining industries.
/ref> Beny Steinmetz is the chairman and co-founder of the philanthropic trust, Agnes & Beny Steinmetz Foundation and is actively involved in the art world in
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Early life and family

Beny Steinmetz was born in 1956 in
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, Israel and is the fourth child of Rubin Steinmetz, a pioneer of the diamond trade. At the age of 21, after serving three years in the military, Steinmetz emigrated from Israel to Belgium, to the famous diamond hub, Antwerp. There he began paving his long and successful career as a businessman and entrepreneur. Today Steinmetz lives in Israel with his wife Agnes and their four children. Steinmetz also holds French citizenship and describes himself as an "international Israeli."


Business career

Building on the family legacy and working alongside his father, he contributed to transforming the family business into one of the most successful diamond trading companies in the world. In 1997, he decided to get away from Antwerp and diamonds and left
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to settle in
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. Soon he began exploring opportunities that arose in
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. In 1988 he bought his first and largest diamond factory in
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. In the coming years he expanded his activities to other African countries, such as
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and
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. He also branched out into ventures such as mining, real estate and capital markets. The group operates in more than 25 countries. Steinmetz occupies an advisory role in the Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) Board of Directors. BSGR is a natural resource company active in the fields of
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, mining, metal and power headquartered in the island of
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. Steinmetz and billionaire
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, once business partners, parted company in the 1990s over a Russian business deal gone sour.
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, which formerly operated as a
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, has been wholly owned by the BSGR company since 2007.Koidu Holdings Company History
Retrieved 2012-12-15
Joan Baxter, ''Dust from our eyes: an unblinkered look at Africa'', Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd., 2008, p. 22

/ref> In 1997, he founded STI Ventures NV, a
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firm that invests in
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in Israel. In 1999, he was the owner of
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.''ISLA'', Volume 54, Issue 12,
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: Information Services on Latin America, 1999, pg. 737

/ref> In 2007, Steinmetz "was forced to abandon plans for a $580 million share sale in London for his Cunico Resources vehicle." A now-defunct company, of which he was a founder and shareholder,
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, listed in London, was acquired by
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in 2008. Through his company called Scorpio, he owns real estate in
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, Russia, and Eastern Europe. In March 2014, the Swiss daily ''
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'' reported that Beny Steinmetz had sold shares in the Steinmetz Diamond Group (SDG) to his brother Daniel. In March 2015, BSG Capital owned a 16% share of
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. As of March 2015 BSG Capital, a subsidiary of BSGR, held a 16% share in Gabriel Resources Ltd. In June 2016, it was reported that BSGR had divested itself of most of its holdings in Cunico Resources, in favor of
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, with which it had ownership of FENI Industries in a joint venture. As late as 2017, Steinmetz reportedly owned
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which operates in
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and
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, as well as
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-based
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, a gold-mining company seeking (unsuccessfully thus far) to reopen a mine in
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. In 2017 Cunico Resources, which was based on
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, requested arbitration with
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at the
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over its FENI Industries property in
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. The arbitration "Claims arising out of the alleged interference by the Government in the claimant’s planned sale of FENI Industries, which allegedly led to initiation of bankruptcy proceedings against FENI" was later discontinued, and FENI was sold to
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Industries. On 14 August 2017, Steinmetz was arrested as part of a joint investigation by Israeli and Swiss anti-corruption officials over allegations of fraud, breach of trust, bribery, obstruction of justice and false registration of corporate documents with the apparent purpose of
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. He was released to house arrest on 17 August 2017. In spring 2018, the BSGR went into voluntary receivership "in the face of bribery allegations". In June 2019, two months after losing in the
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a $2-billion arbitration against
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, BSGR sought bankruptcy protection in the U.S. At that time, BSGR sued Soros, alleging a defamation campaign that cost the company its rights to Simandou and at least $10 billion." In November 2019 Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.1 billion. In January 2021, Beny Steinmetz was found guilty in a Swiss court of bribing senior foreign public officials and fraud and forgery of corporate documents. This pertained to the granting of rights to an iron ore mine in Guinea. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison and a fine of 50 million Swiss francs regarding the Simandu Case He is currently in the process of appealing the verdict in the Geneva Court of Appeals. On 14 February 2022 the Brazilian mining company Vale SA dropped a $1.2 billion claim against individuals and entities linked to Beny Steinmetz.


Controversies


Guinea and the Simandou deposit

In 2013 Steinmetz was falsely accused by French newspaper '' Le Canard Enchainé'' of hiring French, Israeli and South African mercenaries to topple the government of
Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
. Steinmetz sued the newspaper for libel. In September 2018, because the paper could not prove the authenticity of the sources, it claimed to cite (the CIA and its French equivalent), the French court of appeals ruled that the newspaper defamed Steinmetz and his company. The paper and the journalist behind the article had to pay a total of 50,000 euros and publish corrections in the ''Canard Enchainé'' as well as three other major newspapers. Beny Steinmetz had been involved in a long-running dispute with the government of the
Republic of Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
surrounding the development of
Simandou Simandou is a range of hills located in the Nzérékoré and Kankan regions of southeastern Guinea, in the country's mountainous, forested ''Guinée Forestière'' region. At the southern end of the range the site of a large iron ore deposit i ...
Blocks 1 & 2, part of one of the world's largest iron-ore deposits. In December 2008, a three-year exploration permit to prospect for iron ore in Simandou, was awarded to BSGR Guinea, after the government of Guits to mine the northern half of Simandou to Steinmetz for $160 million. Steinmetz then soon sold a 51% share to
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for $2.5 billion. The
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and the
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investigated BSGR's acquisition of the rights to extract half of the iron ore deposits at
Simandou Simandou is a range of hills located in the Nzérékoré and Kankan regions of southeastern Guinea, in the country's mountainous, forested ''Guinée Forestière'' region. At the southern end of the range the site of a large iron ore deposit i ...
, due to illegitimate concerns.FBI arrest agent over bribery cover-up claim in battle over $10bn mountain
''The Guardian'', 16 April 2013.
BSGR denied these allegations and in an interview to the ''
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'', Steinmetz said: “We are the victims. We have done only good things for Guinea, and what we’re getting is spit in the face."Patrick Radden Keefe
"Buried Secrets: How an Israeli billionaire wrested control of one of Africa's biggest prizes"
''The New Yorker'', 8 July 2013.
In April 2014 the Guinean government accused BSGR of obtaining the Simandou mining rights by paying bribes to the wife of then-president
Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008
in 2008, and that the rights would be stripped from BSGR and its partner Vale S.A. In September 2014 BSGR started an international arbitration proceeding against the Republic of Guinea in the
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, challenging the government's decision to revoke its mining rights. In February 2019, BSGR together with Guinean President
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agreed to drop the pending arbitration case and all allegations of wrongdoing. /ins> As part of the agreement, BSGR would relinquish its rights to Simandou and maintain an interest in the Zogota deposit that would be developed by head of Niron Metals,
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.
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then filed suit against Steinmetz, BSGR and Vale alleging that they had devised a
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scheme to steal "valuable mining rights" held by Rio Tinto. Steinmetz subsequently hired former FBI director
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, defense attorney
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, and law firm
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, as part of his defense team. In November 2015, Rio Tinto's RICO lawsuit against BSGR was dismissed, with U.S. District Judge Richard Berman ruling that Rio exceeded the
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when filing their claim against BSGR in 2014 and that the company failed to identify a pattern of racketeering activity by the defendants. In mid-November 2016, Alan Davies, head of the Rio Tinto department responsible for Simandou, was suspended due to an investigation into the lawfulness of Rio Tinto's payment to Francois de Combert, former managing partner at
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and personal adviser to the president of Guinea. On 1 December 2016, ''
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'' aired recordings from 2012 that it claimed were conversations between Francois de Combret and unnamed people involved in negotiations over the future of
Simandou Simandou is a range of hills located in the Nzérékoré and Kankan regions of southeastern Guinea, in the country's mountainous, forested ''Guinée Forestière'' region. At the southern end of the range the site of a large iron ore deposit i ...
. In December 2016, Steinmetz was mistakenly arrested on suspicion of money laundering and bribery charges following an investigation carried out by Israeli, American, Swiss, and Guinean authorities in coordination with the
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. He was placed under
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in Israel on 19 December 2016, due to accusations that he paid tens of millions of dollars to senior public officials in Guinea to advance his businesses, specifically in connection with BSGR's purchase of Simandou. Steinmetz was released without charge the following month. In April 2017, BSGR filed a suit against American billionaire
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in U.S. federal court in New York, claiming he had engaged in a lengthy effort to defame the company and sabotage its business in Simandou and around the world. In 2021, Steinmetz was convicted by a
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court of bribery and forging documents to gain mining rights in Guinea and was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of $50 million.


Romania

On 10 March 2016, Steinmetz was indicted ''in absentia'' by the Romanian
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, on charges of the unlawful recovery of
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's inheritance. Two other Israelis and he were on trial "in several cases involving high-ranking dignitaries in Romania." In February 2018, a court in Romania dismissed the request for a warrant for his arrest. An Athens court rejected an extradition request by Romanian authorities in March 2022, ruling that Steinmetz's
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in Romania was violated and that he is at real risk of inhuman and degrading treatment if extradited.


Philanthropy

Beny Steinmetz, businessman and philanthropist, has accumulated a billionaire status through his work. With his wife, he oversees the Beny & Agnes Steinmetz Foundation, which donates to schools, hospitals, army units and the arts in Israel. The foundation was simply an extension of the work that they had already been doing for a number of other charitable causes.


Agnes and Beny Steinmetz Foundation

In 2006, Steinmetz and his wife Agnes started the Agnes and Beny Steinmetz Foundation in order to unify their multiple volunteer activities under the auspices of one philanthropic organization in Israel. The Foundation is primarily engaged in financing projects in the fields of education, healthcare, and culture for young children. The Agnes and Beny Steinmetz Foundation also supports programs that work with at-risk youth, runs after-school facilities for children from disadvantaged families, and offers scholarships to students from difficult socio-economic backgrounds. Every year, the Agnes & Beny Steinmetz Foundation donates 125 scholarships valued at 8,000 NIS each to Netanya Academic College students. The Foundation also donates to several organizations and institutions, including the
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, the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers (mainly supporting the soldiers of the Tzabar Battalion Of the Givati Brigade), the Israel Cancer Association, and various hospitals. Beny has been one of the major donors to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The Steinmetz Foundation has sponsored the construction of an entire wing at the museum's newest building: the Agnes and Beny Steinmetz Wing for Architecture and Design. This facility includes two galleries, one of which is dedicated to the museum's design displays, and the other to architecture. Both Beny and Agnes Steinmetz hold honorary doctorate degrees from the Netanya Academic College as well as from the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art in recognition off their support for cultural initiatives. At the end of 2016, the Foundation held a festive event to celebrate a decade of giving. Attendants included representatives of the many organizations the Foundation had supported over the years by contributing a cumulative amount of tens of millions of shekels.


Lema’anchem – Maflee La’asot , Medical Consultation and Guidance

Beny Steinmetz is one of the biggest supporters of Lema'anchem , Medical Consultation and Guidance. Lema'anchem – Maflee La'asot acts for thousands of patients in Israel who need guidance, second opinions and accompaniment through the road to getting proper medical treatment, but do not have the means. The organization provides professional counseling and guidance, which make the patients' complex journey simpler and friendlier, and advance them towards better medical solutions. Beny Steinmetz is one of the people who has always wanted and aimed to leave a deep positive imprint on societies and economies in need. For this reason, he supports organizations that can significantly contribute and improve children’s living conditions. * Integration program for displaced refugee children to Meshi-Lema’anchem * Lema’anchem – Maflee La’asot , Medical Consultation and Guidance * Meshi-Lema’anchem , School educational and rehabilitative


References


External links


www.beny-steinmetz.org
The Official Website of Beny Steinmetz
www.steinmetz-foundation.co.il
The Official Website of Agnes & Beny Steinmetz Foundation (3 languages: English, Français, עִברִית) {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmetz, Beny Living people Israeli billionaires Israeli businesspeople in real estate Israeli Jews Israeli philanthropists Businesspeople in information technology 1956 births Israeli expatriates in Switzerland Israeli mining businesspeople People named in the Panama Papers Businesspeople from Geneva Businesspeople in metals People named in the Pandora Papers