Let us look at some basic data about Israel:
Land mass- 21,937 Sq km (0.67% of Indian landmass); world rank 152 lower than Taiwan
Population- 9,043,387 (2023 est.) Population of Mumbai 17 million (2023 est.) World rank-98
Population break up-73.5% Jewish, 21.1% Arab; By religion- Jewish 73.5%, Muslim 18.1%, Christian 1.9%
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 394 Billion (1921 est.) data are in 2017 dollars Rank -48 ; Real GDP Per capita(2017 US dollar) -42,100 (2012 est.
All data are from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/#economy
So , by all measures, Israel is a small country. But it is very important for a variety of reasons- mostly geo-political. However, the reason that drives every thing else is Israel’s ethnic feature. It is the only country with overwhelming Jewish majority. This is the community that leads the world finance and technology to a large extent. Let the following data speak for itself.
US Financial Sector Top Guns- Jews
Michael Rubens: majority owner, co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg
Lloyd Craig Blankfein – senior chairman of Goldman Sachs since 2019, and chairman and CEO from 2006 until the end of 2018.
Gary David Cohn – chief economic advisor to US presisdent-2017 to 2018;
president and COO of Goldman Sachs. vice-chairman of IBM on January 5, 2021
David Scott Blitzer-a senior executive at the private equity firm Blackstone
George Soros– Investor – net worth of US$6.7 billion (as of October 2023)
Jonathan Scott Lavine – co-managing partner of Bain Capital, chief investment officer of Bain Capital Credit;
Richard Severin Fuld Jr– was the final chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers.
Henry R. Kravis – KKR & Co.-a leading global investment firm.
Michael Robert Milken – indicted for securities fraud in 1989 ; net worth of US$6 billion as of 2022
Ronald Owen Perelman – banker, and investor
Bruce Jay Wasserstein -mergers and acquisitions specialist
Sanford I. “Sandy” Weill -former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup.
James Harris Simons-described as the “greatest investor on Wall Street”,
Stephen Allen Schwarzman– founder chairman of the Blackstone Group also briefly chairman of President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum.
Forbes Israel (2022) presents: 267 billionaires of Jewish origin with a combined net worth of 1.7 trillion dollars. The top 20 of them are given below.
Person– Net worth (Billion USD) –Company
1 Larry Ellison 102.9 Oracle
2 Larry Page 85.2 Google
3 Sergey Brin 81.8 Google
4 Steve Ballmer 78.9 Microsoft
5 Michael Bloomberg 76.8 Bloomberg
6 Michael Dell 52.0 Dell Technologies
7 Mark Zuckerberg 42.7 Facebook
8 Len Blavatnik 31.6 Music, Energy, Real Estate
9 Alain Wertheimer 31.2 Chanel
10 Gerard Wertheimer 31.2 Chanel
11 Stephen Schwarzman 30.0 investments
12 Jeff Yass 30.0 trading, investments
13 Miriam Adelson 29.7 casinos
14 Jim Simons 28.1 hedge funds
15 Leonid Mikhelson 24.4 gas, chemicals
16 Leonard Lauder 20.3 Estee Lauder
17 Carl Icahn 18.6 investments
18 Daniel Gilbert 18.5 Quicken Loans
19 David Tepper 18.5 hedge funds
20 Steve Cohen 17.5 hedge funds
Finally let us list the top positions in Biden administration occupied by Jewish persons.
Ron Klain– Chief of Staff (2021-2023), replaced by Jeffrey Zients.
Janet Yellin– Secretary of Treasury
Alejandro Mayorkas -Secretary of Homeland Security
Tony Blinken-Secretary of State
Merrick Garland– Attorney General
Jared Bernstein -Council of Economic Advisers
Mandy Cohen-Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023)
Wendy Sherman-Deputy Secretary of State
Anne Neuberger-Deputy National Security Adviser for Cybersecurity
Jeffrey Zients-COVID-19 Response Coordinator (2021-2023), Chief of Staff (2023)
David Kessler-Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and
Head of Operation Warp Speed
David Cohen-CIA Deputy Director
Avril Haines-Director of National Intelligence
Rachel Levine-Deputy Health Secretary
Jennifer Klein-Co-chair Council on Gender Policy
Jessica Rosenworcel-Chair of the Federal Communications Commission
Stephanie Pollack -Deputy Administrator-The Federal Highway Administration
Polly Trottenberg -Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Mira Resnick-State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security
Roberta Jacobson-National Security Council “border czar”
Gary Gensler-Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman*
Genine Macks Fidler– National Council on the Humanities
Shelley Greenspan-White House liaison to the Jewish community
Thomas Nides-U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Eric Garcetti-U.S. Ambassador to India
Amy Gutmann-U.S. Ambassador to Germany
David Cohen-U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Mark Gitenstein-U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
Deborah Lipstadt-Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Jonathan Kaplan-U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
Marc Stanley-U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
Rahm Emanuel-U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Sharon Kleinbaum-Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Dan Shapiro-Adviser on Iran (2021-2023), Senior Advisor for Regional Integration (2023)
Alan Leventhal-U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
Michael Adler-U.S. Ambassador to Belgium
Michèle Taylor-U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Jonathan Kanter– Assistant Attorney General in the US Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division
Jed Kolko -Under Secretary at the Department of Commerce
Aaron Keyak-Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Stuart Eizenstat-Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues
Steven Dettelbach-Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Amos Hochstein-Bureau of Energy Resources Special Envoy
Eric Lander-Science and Technology Adviser
Ned Price-State Department Spokesperson
Ellen Germain-U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
Edward Siskel– White House Counsel