Benny Klepach Net Worth 2026: 3Sixty Duty Free Founder

No reputable publisher has estimated Benny Klepach's net worth. The $9 million figure that used to lead this page had no source and badly understated what is on the public record, so it has been removed. Bernard "Benny" Klepach founded the Miami travel retailer DFASS in 1987, since renamed 3Sixty Duty Free, which is described as the world's largest in-flight duty-free company. In 2019 Samsung-affiliated Hotel Shilla agreed to buy a 44% stake in the business from him for $121 million, according to DFNI.

What is Benny Klepach's net worth?

There is no estimate from Forbes, Bloomberg, Celebrity Net Worth or a major newspaper, and we do not calculate one ourselves. His company is private, and the value of the stake he kept after the Shilla deal has not been reported. Some low-quality sites now claim $150 million to $200 million, but they cite no real sources.

What is documented points to substantial wealth: a $121 million stake sale, decades of ownership of a global retailer, and a waterfront estate on Indian Creek Island in Miami-Dade County, one of the most exclusive addresses in the United States.

Benny Klepach's income and business

The old page said he earned $300,000 a year. There was no source, and a founder-owner of a large retailer is not paid like an employee, so that figure is gone. His salary and dividends are private. His wealth comes from:

• 3Sixty Duty Free. The company sells duty-free goods on board airlines and in airport stores. It began with a single airline account in 1987, The Moodie Davitt Report reported.
• The Shilla stake sale. DFNI reported in October 2019 that Hotel Shilla, parent of The Shilla Duty Free, would pay $121 million for 44% of 3Sixty Holding LLC, citing a Korean regulatory filing. Both sides gained additional rights after five years.
• Logistics base. Miami Today reported in 2016 that DFASS, short for Duty Free Air & Ship Supply, renewed a 193,588-square-foot lease at Aventura Industrial Center for just over seven years, one of the largest industrial leases in Miami-Dade County in 2015.

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Professional life: from DFASS to 3Sixty

When the company changed its name in 2018, Klepach told The Moodie Davitt Report it was the biggest change in the firm's history, driven by the rise of online and home-delivery shopping in travel retail. Korea JoongAng Daily reported in 2015 that DFASS was widely described as the world's largest in-flight duty-free company, and that talk of a Shilla takeover pushed Hotel Shilla's share price up about 4% in a day.

Public roles and philanthropy

Klepach is also a local official. The Miami Herald reported in 2014 that he was mayor of Indian Creek Village, the tiny, heavily guarded island community north of Miami Beach, and the New York Post still described him as its mayor in 2024.

North Miami honored him in February 2024 with a street naming on NE 20th Avenue and a key to the city. The city's announcement said 3Sixty planned to move its headquarters there and listed his service on the boards of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic and the Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial Hospital. In Haiti, he funded two school buses and a van for a school built by the travel retail industry's Hand in Hand for Haiti charity, The Moodie Davitt Report reported in 2012.

Assets: the Indian Creek estate

Klepach moved to Indian Creek Island in 2001. He told the Miami Herald he bought a 1940s house for the land, tore it down, then bought the house next door to double his lot to 160,000 square feet, and finished a new contemporary home in 2006. The island has about three dozen estates and its own police force, and neighbors have included Carl Icahn and, more recently, Jeff Bezos. No outlet has reported a value for the Klepach property.

Family

The Herald story said he and his wife had three children in school when their home was finished. The New York Post reported in 2024 that Celine Klepach, a real estate agent involved in the sale of an Indian Creek mansion to Jeff Bezos, is his daughter. The old version of this page described his marriage in invented detail; we have removed that and do not name his wife, since the sources we opened do not.

Education, age and height

The earlier page said he was 58 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 79 kg, and described his schooling in general terms. None of that had a source. Given that he founded his company in 1987, the age claim is also doubtful. His birth date and education have not been published in the sources we reviewed.

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Compared with other Miami business owners

Another Miami family business owner profiled on this site is Brett David of Prestige Imports. As with Klepach, no reputable outlet publishes a verified net worth for him.