Haim Saban (* 26. March 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt) is one of the largest media entrepreneurs of the world and the billionaire. Haim Saban possesses the Israeli and the American nationality.

As a son of Jewish parents it buildup in conditions in Egypt. Its father sold office products, its nut/mother was a Schneiderin. When it was 12 years old, its family pulled after Tel Aviv. He tried first as a concert organizer in Israel, was however 1973 after a Konzertflop insolvent.

Despite high debts it pulled to Paris and tried there as a music producer for TV-Filmmusik ("Dallas"). , he went to 1983, after smaller successes with 500.000 US Dollar to Los Angeles. There he imported first Japanese Zeichentrickfilme. it created 1989 with the power Ranger the break-through. it created and starts 1995 with Rupert Murdoch a joint venture the child channel Fox Kids.

It is considered as a good friend of the ex US president Bill Clinton. In Israel it has sympathies for Shimon Peres and the work party.

By the assumption of portions of the KirchMedia group (see also: ) In August 2003 it belonged to Leo Kirch also to the most influential persons in the German medium landscape, it is among other things principal shareholder of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.Haim Saban confirmed 2004 that German transmitters had to pay completely superelevated prices compared with other countries in Hollywood. (The mirror 3." May 2004 S.228).

In January 2006 a request for the assumption of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG becomes by the Axel Springer publishing house of the Federal Cartel Office with the reason of a potential "duo pole position" together with the Bertelsmann group (common TV-market share: 40%) rejected. In the time until August 2005 Sabans medium company made an enormous plus, which brought in and ehem. bassists for the Medienmogul unknown volume a large profit: Estimated 800 million EUR invested it and its partners 2003 an inclusive later capital increase, the market value in August 2005 lay with nearly 2.5 billion EUR. A similar success could it 2001 obtain, as it together with Rupert Murdoch developed the family transmitter Fox Family at Walt Disney for 5.3 billion dollar (at that time 4.4 billion EUR) sold.

"It admires Schimon Peres, donated for Ehud Barak and calls the hard liner Ariel Scharon once weekly. "Â… Sabans Entourage praises itself gladly their connections to the Israeli secret service Mossad, remembers a Insider. "("the mirror "12/2003, page 87)

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