Ofer vs Frist Jr.

Zodiac Maritime and HCA Healthcare.

The differences

Forbes puts Thomas Frist Jr. about $1.6B ahead of Eyal Ofer.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Eyal Ofer: inherited and grew it. Thomas Frist Jr.: co-founded it.
Thomas Frist Jr. is about 12 years older than Eyal Ofer.
Eyal Ofer is from Israel; Thomas Frist Jr. is from United States.

Put someone else on either side

Ofer

Frist Jr.

Net worth, Forbes: $35.8BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $37.4BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $32.1BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $41.5BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 65Real-Time list, 15 Oct 2026; No. 59Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; Not stated

How it started: Inherited and grew itJoined his father's shipping business in the 1970s and took it into real estate and banking; when Sammy Ofer died in 2011 the assets were divided between Eyal and his brother Idan; Co-founded itFounded Hospital Corporation of America in 1968 with his father, Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr., and Jack Massey
Main source: Zodiac shipping group and Global Holdings real estate, through Ofer GlobalBloomberg's largest items: Zodiac Group ($11 billion), Mizrahi Tefahot Bank ($4.1 billion), Royal Caribbean ($3.2 billion), Global Holdings ($1.56 billion US assets); HCA Healthcare stock, and cash from HCA share sales and dividendsBloomberg: $32.4 billion in HCA stock and $9.18 billion in cash
Companies: Zodiac Maritime, Global HoldingsZodiac Maritime: Chairman; Global Holdings: Founder and chairman; HCA HealthcareHCA Healthcare: Co-founder; no executive position
Biggest stake: Zodiac MaritimeStake not stated; HCA Healthcare27% owned

Born: 2 Jun 1950Haifa, Israel; 12 Aug 1938Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Country: IsraelLives in Monte Carlo, Monaco; United States
Education: Not statedAtlantic College, UK (secondary school); Graduate degreeMD, Washington University School of Medicine (1965); bachelor's degree, Vanderbilt University (1961)
Parents: Elder son of shipping magnate Sammy Ofer, once Israel's richest man; Father Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr. was a Nashville cardiologist and internal medicine specialist who co-founded HCA with him

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Eyal & Marilyn Ofer Family FoundationSupports education, healthcare and the arts; The Frist FoundationFounded by HCA in 1982 and later made independent; he chairs it
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: Chair of the boardChairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Maritime and Global Holdings; Founder, no executive roleCo-founder of HCA Healthcare; chairman of the Frist Foundation
Successor: His son Daniel Ofer has been CEO of Zodiac Maritime since 2011; his son David is a managing partner of O.G. Venture Partners, and all four children work in Ofer Global's businesses; Jack O. Bovender Jr. succeeded him as HCA chairman in 2002; his sons Thomas Frist III and William Frist are HCA board members
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; None found