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Undid revision 980612531 by Tariq sofian (talk) We've been through this a couple of times. The Forbes source says the "family is from Aleppo, Syria" which is correct, but it does not say Jacob himself was born there. The second source you need to login. The third source explicitly says Jacob himself was born in Beirut.
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| birth_place = [[Aleppo]], https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/
| birth_place = [[Beirut]], Lebanon<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 1956 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>
| nationality = Syrian<br> Brazilian <ref>''[https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/]”
| nationality = Lebanese<br> Brazilian <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 1956 on familysearch.org</ref>
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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|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=49ca45f0-2bc7-11e9-a5f8-ab58a7b5d53f&url=L2JpbGxpb25haXJlcy9wcm9maWxlcy9qb3NlcGgteS1zYWZyYS8=|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-08}}</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 [[Lebanese Brazilian|Syrian Brazilian]]<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|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=49ca45f0-2bc7-11e9-a5f8-ab58a7b5d53f&url=L2JpbGxpb25haXJlcy9wcm9maWxlcy9qb3NlcGgteS1zYWZyYS8=|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-08}}</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"/>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 07:05, 28 September 2020

Joseph Safra
File:Joseph Safra Portrait Painting Collage By Danor Shtruzman.jpg
Born1938 (age 85–86)[1]
Aleppo, https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/
NationalitySyrian
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Joseph Safra (Arabic: يوسف صفرا ; born 1938) is a Swiss-based Syrian Brazilian[3][4][5] banker and billionaire businessman, who runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.[6][7] He is the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York and Banco Safra headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.[2] 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.[2]

Early life

Joseph Safra was born in Aleppo, Syria[8][4][5] to a Sephardic Jewish family with banking connections dating back to Ottoman times,[9][10] and grew up in Beirut.[11] The family's history in banking originated with caravan trade between Beirut, Aleppo, 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.[12]

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.[2]

He has four children: Jacob J. Safra, Esther Safra [pt] (married to Carlos Dayan [pt], son of Sasson Dayan), Alberto J. Safra, David J. Safra.[13] Jacob is responsible for all international operations outside of Brazil while David and Alberto, manage Banco Safra in Brazil.[13]

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.[14] In 2014, Safra paid more than £700 million to buy The Gherkin, one of the most distinctive towers in the City of London.[15]

Business holdings

References

  1. ^ "The Safra Dynasty: The Mysterious Family of the Richest Banker in the World". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Forbes profile: Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra". Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  5. ^ a b arielhauter. "Joseph Safra -". ARTnews. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Kasmira Jefford, Gherkin bought by Safra Group: Meet the Brazilian-Lebanese billionaire behind the £700m deal, City A.M., 11 November 2014
  10. ^ "Meet Joseph Safra, The Richest Banker on the Planet". Business Insider.
  11. ^ New York Times: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; The Safras of Brazil: Banking, Faith and Security" By SIMON ROMERO 8 December 1999
  12. ^ "Bloomberg - Bloomberg Billionaires Index". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Court Accepts Charges Against Brazil Banker Joseph Safra". Jewish Voice. 27 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Safra snaps up the Gherkin for £726m". www.ft.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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