Last updated: 3 december, 2009 - 10:10 GMT

Balancing spirituality and business

Billionaire Shari Arison on business and spirituality

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It's not often that a business leader claims to see the future - literally.

But Israeli billionaire Shari Arison caused a bit of a storm, when she announced in a book that she had actually foreseen the global economic crisis - and she'd been receiving spiritual visions and messages for many years.

Shari Arison is a philanthropist and the owner of several businesses - the largest among them Bank Hapoalim. Her father founded Carnival Cruise Lines which made the family fortune.

Accrding to Forbes, she is the richest woman in the Middle East and her wealth has been estimated at over $3bn. When she sold her yacht, it was for sale with a price-tag of $100m.

She talked to the BBC's Lesley Curwen about her book, Birth - and its message.

First broadcast on Business Daily

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