Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69) is an American billionaire real estate developer. He is the founder, CEO, and majority owner of Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, which has a $12 billion property portfolio. As of February 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$2.6 billion.^[1]

Ashkenazy was born in Israel, and grew up in Lawrence, Long Island, New York, the son of Izzy Ashkenazy, also a real estate businessman.^[2][3] He is of Jewish descent.^[4]

Ashkenazy bought his first property at the age of 18.^[2][3] He attended night classes at Adelphi University, but did not graduate.^[2]

In 1987, he founded Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation.^[2]

In 2013, his company bought London's Old Spitalfields Market, but later sold it.^[3] In July 2017, the company bought London's Grosvenor House Hotel for about $750 million.^[1][3]

His company holds a long-term lease agreement with the City of Boston for Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, leases Washington DC's Union Station, and has a $70 million stake in New York's Plaza Hotel.^[3][5]

In November 2019, his company purchased the 83,923-square-foot Ferndale Shopping Center in Larchmont for a price exceeding $35 million.^[6]

He is married to Debra Ashkenazy, they have three children, and live on New York City's Fifth Avenue.^[1][5][7]

He hired rapper Drake to perform at his daughter's bat mitzvah in the Rainbow Room.^[1][3]

Ashkenazy is a minority owner of Euroleague Basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.^{[citation needed]}