Arik Kislin Net Worth 2026: Gansevoort and Linx Industries

No reputable outlet has published an estimate of Arik Kislin's net worth. The $12.4 million figure and income table on earlier versions of this page had no source and have been removed. Kislin is a New York real estate investor known for his role in the Chelsea Market redevelopment and as a co-founder of the Gansevoort Hotel Group, and he runs a diversified investment company, Linx Industries. His own website describes that business only as a "multi-million dollar" enterprise.

What is Arik Kislin's net worth?

Forbes, Bloomberg and Celebrity Net Worth do not track him, and his companies are private. Several of his deals were large: a 2016 profile on The Times of Israel blogs says he raised $38 million from investors early on and used $35 million of it to buy a debt position that led to control of the Meatpacking District buildings that became Chelsea Market. How much of that value he kept, and what his hotel, aviation and resort stakes are worth today, has never been reported. So no reliable figure can be given.

Yearly earnings and income

His income is not public. The same profile says he co-founded a company that bought U.S. credit card debt in 1998, that it did well until about 2008, and that it still pays him residual income. No salary or annual earnings figure has been reported, so the monthly and daily numbers on the old page have been removed.

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Early life and family

According to the Times of Israel profile, Kislin was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1968. At four he moved with his family to Israel, then to Ladispoli in Italy, and in 1973 the family settled in Boston, where his father, formerly a butcher, drove a taxi. The family later moved from Brookline, Massachusetts, to Old Bridge, New Jersey, and Kislin helped his father run a jewelry and pawn shop in Atlantic City. A contact from the shop offered him work in Moscow, where his Russian made him useful, and he later returned to New York.

The old version of this page said he was born into a real estate family and studied information technology at New York University. We found no source for either claim and have removed them. The same applies to the height and weight listed before.

Arik Kislin wife

The Times of Israel profile says he met a woman named Olya on a blind date in March 1995, and she appears with him in event photos as Olya Kislin. The name "Ludmila" used on the old page is not supported by any source we found and has been removed.

Professional life

In 2013, Long Island Business News reported that JFI Jets managed 13 aircraft from bases in Southern California and Dallas, with offices in Farmingdale and Moscow. In Turks and Caicos he was first involved in the Gansevoort Turks + Caicos resort before moving on to the Turtle Cove site; he told Times of the Islands he had worked on eight hotel and resort projects.

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Controversies and lawsuits

Kislin has been the subject of press scrutiny, and these points are reported claims, not findings against him.

• 2012 reports. New York Magazine, summarizing a New York Post story, reported that court documents named him as one of three people allowed to give financial instructions to a Liechtenstein company that officials linked to a Russian organized-crime group. Both outlets noted he had not been charged.
• 2021 Long Island lawsuit. The Real Deal reported that builders Uri and David Hason of Pinewood Development sued him in Nassau County, alleging unpaid fees on joint housing projects and seeking more than $31 million. A Kislin spokesperson denied the allegations and called it a business dispute over one $2.5 million lot.

Assets and philanthropy

Reported holdings include his stakes in the Gansevoort Hotel Group and Alerion Aviation, and his Turks and Caicos resort projects. The Sinatra jet donation is the best-documented example of his giving; the Times of Israel profile also describes him as a quiet philanthropist. Other real estate developers profiled on this site include Ari Rastegar and Chuck Whittall.

Why there is no reliable figure

Kislin's wealth sits in private partnerships, hotels, aircraft and resort projects whose ownership splits are not disclosed. Some deals were big, and some ended in court. Without a filing or an outlet valuing those stakes, any single net worth number is a guess.