Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has an estimated net worth of over $1.36 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes. The primary sources of his vast fortune include real estate, mining and diamonds. In March 2011, Steinmetz was considered as the second wealthiest man in Israel. Currently based in Netanya, Israel, Beny Steinmetz is married and has four children. Together with his wife, Beny Steinmetz takes it as a responsibility to oversee Beny & Agnes Steinmetz Foundation which is known to offer huge donations to arts, army, schools and hospitals.

He is the inheritor of his father's Steinmetz Diamond Group which is based in Geneva Switzerland. It was in 1997 when he founded STI Ventures NV, which is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in Israel-based start-up companies. He founded the Beny Steinmetz Resource Group. He was also a shareholder in the company called Nikanor Plc which he founded. It was listed in the London Stock Exchange but was acquired in 2008 by Katanga Mining. He was also the previous owner of Tucows. Through his company, Scorpio, Beny Steinmetz owns several real estate properties in Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan and Russia.