Joseph Safra

Joseph Safra (Arabic: يوسف صفرا ; 1938 – 10 December 2020) was a Syrian-Brazilian[1][2][3] billionaire banker. He ran the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.[4]

He was the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York and Banco Safra headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.[5] Safra had a net worth of $24.7 billion.[6] He is Jewish.[7]

Safra died on 10 December 2020 in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 82.[8]

References

  1. 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
  2. Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Joseph Safra. https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/joseph-y-safra/. Retrieved 24 April 2019. 
  3. arielhauter (10 September 2017). "Joseph Safra -". ARTnews. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. "Joseph Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  5. Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Joseph Safra November 2014
  6. "Joseph Safra" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-safra/. Retrieved 13 July 2017. 
  7. The world's 50 Richest Jews: 11-20. http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-worlds-50-Richest-Jews-11-20. Retrieved 17 August 2018. 
  8. Brazil banking billionaire Joseph Safra dies at age 82