Mark Scheinberg
Israeli-Canadian businessman and investor with investments in various sectors including real estate and luxury hospitality
(Igal) Mark Scheinberg (Hebrew: (איגל) מרק שיינברג; born 1973) is an Israeli-Canadian businessman and investor into real estate and luxury hospitality. He is the co-founder and former co-owner of the online gambling company PokerStars, which was sold in 2014 to Amaya Gaming for US$4.9 billion. Scheinberg is also the founder and principal of the investment firm Mohari Hospitality, which has developed various luxury hotels across the world and owns the majority of Tao Group Hospitality.
Life and career
Mark Scheinberg was born in Israel in 1973, moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 13 with his family. They settled in the town of Richmond Hill in the 1980s.
PokerStars
In 2001 Scheinberg founded PokerStars with his father Isai Scheinberg, a computer programmer. During his tenure as CEO, PokerStars became the world’s largest online poker business and host to the world’s largest online tournament series, acquiring the Full Tilt Poker brand in 2012. In August 2014, Oldford Group Ltd, the PokerStars parent company, was acquired by the Canadian publicly listed company Amaya Gaming Group for US$4,900,000,000 (equivalent to $6,663,972,449 in 2025). Upon completion of the sale, Scheinberg exited the PokerStars group. As of May 2017, Scheinberg was the richest person on the Isle of Man.
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