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SHARE The man regarded as the world's richest banker, whose financial group owns London’s Gherkin building, has died aged 82. Lebanese-born banker Joseph Safra, who built an empire of over $85 billion in banking assets, died of natural causes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. Safra “leaves a legacy that will be followed by many generations,” his company Banco Safra said in a statement. Joseph Yacoub Safra was born in 1938, in Beirut, Lebanon. A low profile but totemic figure in the financial industry, Safra came from a Jewish banking family with roots in Aleppo, Syria. The Safra family...
World's richest banker Joseph Safra dies aged 82 11 Dec, 2020 12:49 AM 5 minutes to read Joseph Safra had accumulated an estimated wealth of $32.7 billion. Photo / AP Financial Times By: Michael Stott and Bryan Harris Joseph Safra, a Lebanese-born financier who became the world's richest banker after building an international business empire from his adopted country Brazil, has died aged 82. The scion of a banking dynasty that started by financing camel caravans in Ottoman times from Syria, Safra followed his father Jacob to Brazil as a migrant in 1962 and helped build the f...
Save Share Joseph Safra, one of the world's richest bankers who built an empire spanning continents with more than $US85 billion ($113 billion) in banking assets, has died. He was 82. Safra, whose family dynasty began its global banking influence by financing camel-caravan traders in the Ottoman Empire, expanded its reach into New York and Europe through Safra National Bank of New York, Bank J Safra Sarasin AG, and the family flagship, Sao Paulo-based Banco Safra SA. Joseph Safra's legacy as a towering force in banking was complemented by his charitable giving. His $US2.3 billion real estat...