Aviv Nevo

Aviv Nevo was born in 1961 in Bucharest

Nevo was born in Bucharest, Romania. As a young child he moved with his parents to Tel Aviv, where he grew up. His father was a chemical engineer and his mother was an anesthesiologist.

He later moved to the United States. From 1985 to 1988 he worked for hedge fund manager Stan Berk, whom he met at a Los Angeles gym. After his mother died in the 1980s, he inherited about $10 million and began investing.

He opened trading accounts at several investment banks and grew his money through trades during the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. He founded the private investment firm NV Investments, which he heads and which invests in technology, telecom, media and entertainment companies. His holdings have included Microsoft, eBay, Time Warner and Goldman Sachs.

In 2005 he invested $490 million in the studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein. In 2008 he was reported to be the largest individual shareholder in Time Warner. He also invested in the advertising company Spot Runner.

Nevo avoids publicity and has refused interview requests. He became engaged to Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi in 2008, and the couple separated in 2010.