Teddy Sagi
Israeli businessperson
Teddy Sagi (Hebrew: טדי שגיא; born November 14, 1971) is an Israeli billionaire businessman based in London and Dubai. Sagi is the founder of the gambling software company Playtech and owner of London's Camden Market and cybersecurity company Kape Technologies. His personal wealth is estimated by Forbes at US$7.1 billion as of June 2026, with interests in real estate, gambling software, payments processing, and digital advertising.
Personal life
Sagi was born in 1971 in Tel Aviv Israel, the only child of Ami Sagi, a businessman who owned a travel agency, and his wife Lizi, a cosmetician who sold make-up. He grew up in Tel Aviv's Shikun Lamed neighborhood.
In 1996, he was convicted in Israel for fraud and bribery, and was sentenced to nine months in prison, but was released after serving five months.
In 2009 Sagi obtained Cypriot citizenship as part of a 'golden visa' scheme by Cyprus government. As Cyprus is part of the European Union, Sagi obtained a Passport of the European Union. In 2013, The Guardian reported that Sagi had "been based in Cyprus for some years". In March 2021, it was reported that Sagi was saved from an assassination attempt in Cyprus, after being warned by the local authorities.
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