Morris Kahn

Morris Kahn (; 5 March 1930 – 1 January 2026) was an Israeli billionaire businessman. He was the founder of Golden Pages Israel, Amdocs, the Aurec Group, Coral World and other companies. Through Coral World, he founded several marine parks around the world, including an underwater observatory in Eilat, Israel. As of August 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$1.1 billion, making him one of the world's poorest billionaires.

Early life Morris Kahn was born in March 1930 in Benoni, South Africa, to a Jewish family from Lithuania. He is the eldest child of Philip and Beattie Kahn. He was an active member of the Zionist youth group, Habonim.

In 1956, Kahn moved from South Africa to Israel with his wife, Jacqueline (Jackie) Maloon, and their two sons, Benjamin and David.

Business ventures Kahn’s business career in Israel began with a few business ventures, including a bicycle factory in Beit Shemesh in partnership with Kibbutz Tzora; and a cattle company in the Northern Galilee. an Israeli-based private equity firm which started with investments in the cable and telecom sectors. This led to the installation of a fiber optic cable from Israel to Italy, which connected Israel to the rest of the world. which led to the co-founding of Amdocs in 1982, together with Shmuel and Tzvi Meitar. and has about 26,000 employees. and Golden Lines, Israel's first international communications company, founded in 1996. that uses UV rays to disinfect water,

Time to Know is a digital education platform which Kahn first launched as a nonprofit organization focused on improving grade school education. Coral Island Nassau, The Bahamas; Oceanworld in Manly, Australia; and elsewhere.

The Morris Kahn Initiative is a $4 million program to help develop pioneering cancer research at Tel Aviv University. The initiative’s aim is to develop 3D cancer modeling of live cancer tumors.

"Big Data Maccabi", founded with contributions from Kahn, aims to help medical professionals diagnose illness using the information collected during blood tests, imaging and other diagnostic testing.

He supported Serious Fun, a camp for children with terminal illness, and a therapeutic horse-riding camp for the disabled. and it was aimed to land on the Moon on 11 April 2019.

Kahn was a supporter of Ben-Gurion University and the National Institute for Biotechnology of the Negev.

The Morris Kahn Institute for Human Immunology was funded by Kahn.

Kahn supported the Morris Kahn and Maccabi Health Data Science Institute, to create a database for the 2.5 million members of the Maccabi Healthcare Services organization.

Personal life and death Kahn was married to Jacqueline until her death in 2011.

Honours Kahn was named honorary president of the 20th Maccabiah by Maccabi World Union in November 2016, and opened the Games in July 2017 in Jerusalem.

Bar-Ilan University awarded Kahn an honorary doctorate for his support, bringing labs and equipment to the university.

In 2018, Kahn was given a Bonei Zion Prize Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2019 Kahn was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony.

Kahn was awarded honorary doctorates by Tel Aviv University in 2023, and the University of Haifa in 2024.