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Obituaries · Jun 27, 2026

Stef Wertheimer: The Galilee Industrialist Who Sold Iscar to Warren Buffett

Founder of Iscar — the Galilee precision-engineering company Berkshire Hathaway acquired in two transactions (2006, 2013) for aggregate value of approximately $6 billion. Architect of the Tefen industrial-park model. Isr…

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