Mitchell Goldhar

Mitchell Goldhar is a Canadian billionaire and businessman.

He owned SmartCentres, a firm that developed Walmart-anchored shopping malls in Canada and retains a significant ownership stake in its successor firm SmartCentres REIT. Since August 2009, he has also been the owner of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club.

Goldhar was born in 1962. He completed his bachelor's degree at York University in Toronto. Goldhar's net worth is estimated at US$2.6 billion as of December 2019.

On December 30, 2011, Goldhar issued a libel notice against Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, after they published an article that Goldhar claimed was libel. Haaretz responded by challenging the lawsuit, on the basis of a lack of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens.

In February 2023, Forbes Israel listed his net worth at US$2.3 billion.

On October 2nd, 2025, he became a father, at age 63.