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Ted Arison (Hebrew: תד אריסון; 24 February 1924 – 1 October 1999) was an Israeli businessman who co-founded Norwegian Cruise Lines in 1966 with Knut Kloster and soon left to form Carnival Cruise Lines in 1972.
Oct 2, 1999 · Ted Arison, who parlayed a single used cruise ship into Carnival Cruise Lines and other holdings, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home in Tel Aviv. He was 75 years old.
Oct 1, 1999 · Ted Arison, who initially shunned his family's shipping business but later founded what is now the world's largest cruise operator, died of heart failure on Friday, Oct. 29. He was...
Ted Arison was an Israeli shipping magnate and founder of Carnival Cruise Lines. Arison was born in Zikhron Ya'akov and attended the Herzlia Gymnasia in Tel Aviv before studying for a year at the American University of Beirut.
Ted made his fortune in the shipping industry. Ted Arison’s long-term vision, amplified by his managerial skill, formed the foundation for his massive-scale success and for growing Carnival Cruise into an empire – the world’s leading cruise company.
Ted Arison was born in Tel Aviv in 1924, the son of Meir, a multi-millionaire magnate who operated the largest shipping company in Palestine, and Vera Arisohn. "He and his family were on vacation in Yugoslavia in 1939 when World War II broke out," writes Estelle Lander in New York Newsday.
Ted Arison founded Carnival Cruise Line in 1972 and revolutionized the cruise industry with a vision to make a vacation experience once reserved for the wealthy accessible to everyone. Maiden voyage of Carnival’s first ship, the TSS Mardi Gras, which runs aground on sandbar outside the Port of Miami
