Micky m arison biography
Micky Arison, born on June 29, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel, is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and the chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator.
He is the son of Ted Arison, the co-founder of Carnival Corporation, and has a sister named Shari Arison, as well as a brother named Kames Arison.
Arison immigrated to the U.S. as a young child with his father, who founded Carnival in 1972 with a single ship, prompting Arison to drop out of the University of Miami and become a sales representative for the cruise line.
During his tenure as CEO, which spanned 34 years from 1979 to June 2013, Arison played a pivotal role in growing Carnival's fleet from two ships to over 100.
In 1995, Micky Arison assumed ownership of the NBA's Miami Heat, a franchise that his father helped bring to Florida. Under Arison's ownership, the team has secured three NBA Championships in 2006, 2012, and 2013.
Arison hired Pat Riley as the head coach and later team president of the Miami Heat, contributing to the team's success and winning three NBA championships.
For 34 years, Arison served as the CEO of Carnival Corporation, overseeing substantial growth in the company's fleet during his tenure.
Micky Arison is married to Madeleine Arison, and together they have two children.
Their son, Nick Arison, serves as the chief executive officer of the Miami Heat.
The Arison family resides in Bal Harbour, Florida.
Micky Arison owns two 200-foot yachts that he uses as homes.
The late Ted Arison, together with his daughter Shari Arison, established The Ted Arison Family Foundation in Miami in 1981, expressing the philanthropic viewpoint of a personal inner moral edict that a person must give back to society and the community in which they live – “Where you live and thrive, you must give back.”
In 1993, the foundation launched its activities in Israel under Shari Arison’s management, and has since invested more than $522 million (NIS 2 billion). in social causes and to some 1,800 organizations and nonprofits.
The foundation’s story
1882
The Arison family’s roots in Isreal begin with the first group of immigrants from Romania, arriving in Israel and settling in Zamarin, today’s Zichron Ya’acov, including Moshe and Sarah Arisohn, Ted’s grandparents.
1917
Meir Dizengoff, Tel Aviv’s mayor, arrives in Zichron Ya’akoc, and meets Meir Arisohn (Ted’s father) who was then an officer in the Ottoman army. He saves Dizengoff from the Turkish rulers who wanted to arrest him, and a strong friendship is forged between the two. This evolved into a business partnership in the shipping company “M. Dizengoff & Co.”, and together they also contributed the first seed money for the Tel Aviv Museum Art Library. In 1923 Meir Arisohn married Vera Avrotin, and they had three children, Ted, Aviva, and Rina.
1948
In the War of Independence, Ted Arison serves as a division’s Communications Officer, and is later asked to build the Armored Corps Communications Division. In 1952, Ted completed his military service and marries Mina Wasserman. After his first boy, Micky, was born, the family moved to New York, where Shari Arison was born. In 1966 the family moved to Miami, and in 1967 Ted remarried to Lin.
1972 American billionaire and businessman Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he was also the company's chief executive officer. Arison is also the owner of the NBA's Miami Heat, which under his ownership has won three NBA Championships. Arison was born on June 29, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of Ted Arison, co-founder of Carnival Corporation. His sister is Shari Arison. He also has a brother, Kames Arison. Arison attended the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami but dropped out to become a sales representative for Carnival Corporation. Further information: Miami Heat Arison has been the owner of the Miami Heat since 1995. During his ownership, Arison hired Pat Riley as the team's head coach (and later team president) and under Arison's ownership the team has won three NBA championships (2006, 2012, and 2013). In 2011, Forbes magazine calculated Arison's wealth at $7 billion, making him the 169th wealthiest person in the world. In 2009, he earned $7,201,110, which included a base salary of $880,000, a cash bonus of $2,206,116, stocks granted of $3,618,481, and other compensation totaling $496,513. Arison is married to Madeleine Arison, and they have two children. Their son Nick Arison is chief executive officer of the Miami Heat. He resides in Bal Harbour, Florida. Arison owns two 200-foot (61 m) yachts which he uses as homes. Israeli-American business family The Arison family is a Romanian-Israeli-American business family. Moshe and Sarah Arison immigrated to Ottoman territory of Palestine from Romania in 1882, and were among the founders of the town of Zikhron Ya'akov. Their eldest son was Meir Arison, who was the father of Theodore Arison (later Ted Arison) and two daughters, Aviva and Rina. The family of Ted Arison are his first wife Mina Arison (who became Mina Sapir after marrying her second husband, Yekutiel Sapir), their two children Micky Arison and Shari Arison, Ted's second wife Marilyn B. Arison, and her son Michael Arison who Ted later adopted, and their spouses.
Inauguratory sailing of the first Carnival Cruise Lines ship, Mardi Gras. Carnival, that was established by Ted, and run by his son Micky, is the la Micky Arison
Early life and education
Career
Miami Heat
Compensation and wealth
Personal life
Awards and honors
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Notable members