Undid revision 992120080 by Tariq afflaq (talk) The new source you give says in the first line that Joseph Safra was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and the precise date! See my expanded comments on the talk page! Tag: Undo |
2001:8f8:1e23:2f47:19f7:f363:6c4b:c710 (talk) I've added a references from books that states that Jacob safra (Joseph's dad) was a wealthy Syrian It's not about where was he born, we're addressing his ethnicity, you didn't answer by questions how can Joseph's father be a Syrian and Joseph himself isn't Syrian? Why Forbes states that moise safra was from a Syrian Jewish family??? Please don't be biased. https://www.forbes.com/profile/moise-safra/?sh=7836042c2a73 Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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'''Joseph Safra''' ({{lang-ar|يوسف صفرا}} ; born 1938) is a Swiss-based [[Lebanese Brazilian]]<!--do not change this to Syrian and do not change his place of Birth to Aleppo and his nationality to Syrian in his infobox. The cited souce says he was born in Beirut, was a Lebanese citizen and had Lebanese nationality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jacob_Safra#Safra_The_Lebanese_origins_of_the_Safra_family for more evidence and sources--><ref>''[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1V-PY2 Joseph Safra] (1956) and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1S7-YCM Joseph Safra] (1956)'', information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1954 on familysearch.org</ref><ref name="bloomberg.com2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/joseph-y-safra/|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra|accessdate=24 April 2019|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/top200/joseph-safra/|title=Joseph Safra -|last=arielhauter|website=ARTnews|accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref> banker and billionaire businessman, who runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, [[Safra Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/|title=Joseph Safra|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/joseph-y-safra/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-02-08|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> He is the chairman of all Safra companies, among them [[Safra National Bank of New York]] and [[Banco Safra]] headquartered in [[São Paulo]], Brazil.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> As of August 2020, ''[[Forbes]]'' reported Safra's estimated net worth at US$22.8 billion, the 52nd richest person in the world and richest in Brazil.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> |
'''Joseph Safra''' ({{lang-ar|يوسف صفرا}} ; born 1938) is a Swiss-based [[Syrians|Syrian]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shaked|first=Gershon|url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=7vliAAAAMAAJ&q=safra+family+syrian&dq=safra+family+syrian&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL5PWF3bLtAhUvxYUKHeWNBEIQ6AEwB3oECAgQAg|title=HebreWriters: A General Directory|date=1993|publisher=Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Myers|first=David N.|url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=vrcuAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA141&dq=jacob%20safra%20Syrian&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=jacob%20safra%20Syrian&f=false|title=The Faith of Fallen Jews: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History|last2=Kaye|first2=Alexander|date=2013-12-03|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-1-61168-487-2|language=en}}</ref> [[Lebanese Brazilian]]<!--do not change this to Syrian and do not change his place of Birth to Aleppo and his nationality to Syrian in his infobox. The cited souce says he was born in Beirut, was a Lebanese citizen and had Lebanese nationality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jacob_Safra#Safra_The_Lebanese_origins_of_the_Safra_family for more evidence and sources--><ref>''[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1V-PY2 Joseph Safra] (1956) and [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1S7-YCM Joseph Safra] (1956)'', information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1954 on familysearch.org</ref><ref name="bloomberg.com2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/joseph-y-safra/|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra|accessdate=24 April 2019|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/top200/joseph-safra/|title=Joseph Safra -|last=arielhauter|website=ARTnews|accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref> banker and billionaire businessman, who runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, [[Safra Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/|title=Joseph Safra|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/joseph-y-safra/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-02-08|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> He is the chairman of all Safra companies, among them [[Safra National Bank of New York]] and [[Banco Safra]] headquartered in [[São Paulo]], Brazil.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> As of August 2020, ''[[Forbes]]'' reported Safra's estimated net worth at US$22.8 billion, the 52nd richest person in the world and richest in Brazil.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
Revision as of 21:30, 3 December 2020
Joseph Safra | |
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File:Joseph Safra Portrait Painting Collage By Danor Shtruzman.jpg | |
Born | 1938 (age 85–86)[1] |
Nationality | Lebanese Brazilian [5] |
Organization | Safra Group |
Known for | The richest banker in the world[6] |
Spouse | Vicky Sarfati |
Children | 4[7] |
Parent | Jacob Safra (father) |
Family | Moise Safra (brother) Edmond Safra (brother) Lily Safra (sister-in-law) |
Joseph Safra (Arabic: يوسف صفرا ; born 1938) is a Swiss-based Syrian[8][9] Lebanese Brazilian[10][3][4] banker and billionaire businessman, who runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.[11][12] He is the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York and Banco Safra headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.[7] As of August 2020, Forbes reported Safra's estimated net worth at US$22.8 billion, the 52nd richest person in the world and richest in Brazil.[7]
Early life
Joseph Safra was born in Beirut, Lebanon[13][3][4] to a Sephardic Jewish family with banking connections in Aleppo, Syria dating back to Ottoman times,[14][15] and grew up in Beirut.[16] The family's history in banking originated with caravan trade between Aleppo, Beirut, Alexandria and Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire.
The Safra family moved to Brazil in 1952. In 1955, Joseph's 23-year-old brother, Edmond Safra, and his father, Jacob Safra, started working in Brazil by financing assets in São Paulo. But soon, Edmond Safra separated from his brothers Joseph and Moise and headed to New York where he founded the Republic National Bank of New York (which he later sold to HSBC in 1999 and donated most of his money to the Edmond Safra Foundation). Joseph Safra founded Banco Safra in 1955 and today it is reportedly the 6th largest private bank in Brazil. He remains the chairman of the Safra Group offering banking services throughout Europe, North and South America.[17]
Joseph Safra acquired the remaining shares of Safra Group companies from his brother Moise Safra. The two brothers maintain a shareholding in Fibria Cellulose.
Personal life
Safra lives in Geneva, Switzerland.[7]
He has four children: Jacob J. Safra, Esther Safra (married to Carlos Dayan , son of Sasson Dayan), Alberto J. Safra, David J. Safra.[18] Jacob is responsible for all international operations outside of Brazil while David and Alberto, manage Banco Safra in Brazil.[18]
Property
In 2013, Joseph Safra's family acquired more than a dozen properties in the US, primarily in New York City. They also own a portfolio of commercial real estate in Brazil.[19] In 2014, Safra paid more than £700 million to buy The Gherkin, one of the most distinctive towers in the City of London.[20]
Business holdings
References
- ^ "The Safra Dynasty: The Mysterious Family of the Richest Banker in the World". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ 'Joseph Safra (1956) and Joseph Safra (1956), information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1956 on familysearch.org
- ^ a b c "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra". Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ a b c arielhauter. "Joseph Safra -". ARTnews. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Joseph Safra (1956) and Joseph Safra (1956), information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1956 on familysearch.org
- ^ https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/jewish-philanthropist-becomes-brazils-richest-person
- ^ a b c d e "Forbes profile: Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Shaked, Gershon (1993). HebreWriters: A General Directory. Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.
- ^ Myers, David N.; Kaye, Alexander (3 December 2013). The Faith of Fallen Jews: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-61168-487-2.
- ^ Joseph Safra (1956) and Joseph Safra (1956), information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Joseph Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1954 on familysearch.org
- ^ "Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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- ^ Kasmira Jefford, Gherkin bought by Safra Group: Meet the Brazilian-Lebanese billionaire behind the £700m deal, City A.M., 11 November 2014
- ^ "Meet Joseph Safra, The Richest Banker on the Planet". Business Insider.
- ^ New York Times: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; The Safras of Brazil: Banking, Faith and Security" By SIMON ROMERO 8 December 1999
- ^ "Bloomberg - Bloomberg Billionaires Index". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Court Accepts Charges Against Brazil Banker Joseph Safra". Jewish Voice. 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Safra snaps up the Gherkin for £726m". www.ft.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.