Editing Ehud Barak (section)

==Financial assets==
In an interview with ''[[Haaretz]]'' reported in January 2015, Barak was asked to explain the source of his "big" capital, with which he "bought 5 apartments and connected them," and by which he "lives in a giant rental apartment in a luxury high rise." Barak said he currently earns more than a $1 million a year, and that from 2001 to 2007, he also earned more than a $1 million every year, from giving lectures and from consulting for [[hedge fund]]s. Barak also said he made millions of dollars more from his investments in Israeli real estate properties.<ref name=Haaretz-2015-01-08 />

In the interview, Barak was asked whether he is a lobbyist who earns a living from "opening doors". The interviewer stated "You have arrived recently at the Kazakhstan despot [[Nursultan Nazarbayev|Nazarbayev]] and the president of [[Ghana]]. You are received immediately." Barak confirmed that he has been received by these heads of state but denied earning money from opening doors for international business deals for Israeli and foreign corporations, and said he does not see any ethical or moral problems in his business activities. He further said there is no logic to demand of him, after "the natural process in democracy has ended" to not utilize the tools he accumulated in his career to secure his financial future. When asked if his financial worth is $10–15 million, Barak said "I'm not far from there."<ref name=Haaretz-2015-01-08>[http://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/.premium-1.2533408 Ehud Barak warns that Israel under Netanyahu is on the road to disaster] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923115549/http://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/.premium-1.2533408 |date=23 September 2016}} (8 January 2015), ''[[Haaretz]]''</ref>