Joseph Safra was a Swiss-based Lebanese Brazilian banker and billionaire businessman, who ran the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.
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10 Facts About Joseph Safra
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Joseph Safra was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon to a family of Sephardic Jewish background originally from Lebanon and Syria with banking connections back to Ottoman times.
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Joseph Safra founded Banco Safra in 1955 and today it is reportedly the 6th largest private bank in Brazil.
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In 2006, Joseph Safra acquired the remaining shares of Banco Safra from his brother Moise Safra.
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Joseph Safra remained the chairman of the Safra Group, offering banking services throughout Europe, North America, and South America, until the end of his life.
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In 2013, Joseph Safra's family acquired more than a dozen properties in the United States, primarily in New York City.
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In 2014, Joseph Safra paid more than £700 million to buy The Gherkin, one of the most distinctive towers in the City of London.
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Joseph Safra founded the Jewish Brazilian school of Beit Yaacov in 2001.
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