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Jewish Lebanese - Worth $2.5 Billion

Journal Entry: Thu Aug 24, 2006, 9:05 AM
Edmond Jacob Safra (August 6, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon - December 3, 1999, Monaco) was a Brazilian-naturalized, Jewish Lebanese banker who was born in Beirut. He continued the family tradition of banking, first in Lebanon and then in Brazil.
In 1949, the Safra family moved to Italy, fleeing the anti-Jewish riots in Beirut brought about by the emergence of the State of Israel in 1948. Edmond Safra worked for a trading company in Milan. The family moved once again in 1952, this time to Brazil, where Edmond Safra and his father Jacob founded the Banco Safra S.A. in 1955. In 1956, Edmond Safra settled in Geneva to set up a private bank, the Trade Development Bank, which grew from an original $1 million to $5 billion during the 1980s. He found the business climate to be favorable and extended his financial empire, making it a point of honor to satisfy his wealthy clients from Monte Carlo to Miami. He also founded the Republic National Bank of New York in 1966.
Edmond Safra became famous in 1983 through the sale of the Trade Development Bank to American Express for more than $450 million, a transaction that turned into a legal battle between the two parties. The financier came out on top and, in 1988, he founded the Safra Republic Holdings S.A., a firm specializing in wealth management. By the early 1990s, Edmond Safra's fortune was an estimated at $2.5 billion. He was a major philantropist for various charities and Sephardic Jewish communities worldwide. As he approached his 60s, the financier shared his time between his home in Geneva, New York and his villas on the French Riviera. Weakened by Parkinson's disease, Safra required nursing care. Safra was killed by one of his providers, Ted Maher, who set a fire in his Monaco penthouse. Maher said he intended to rescue Safra from the blaze and wanted to emerge as a hero.



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  • Current Age: 19
  • Current Residence: Seb3el ll Northern Lebanon
  • Interests: Motorsports ll Photography ll Travel ll Woman
  • Favourite movie: 3 Kings ll Munich ll Syriana ll Paradise Now ll United 93 ll The Hamburg Cell
  • Favourite band or musician: Elissa ll Fort Minor ll Mattafix ll Shakira ll Seether ll Tony Kiwan
  • Favourite genre of music: Arabic ll Dance ll Experimental Rap/Hip-hop ll Rock
  • Favourite poet or writer: Gibran Khalil Gibran
  • Operating System: Mircosoft XP Professional
  • MP3 player of choice: Ipod Nano
  • Favourite cartoon character: Eric Cartman - South Park
  • Personal Quote: "You have your Lebanon and its dilemma. I have my Lebanon and its beauty."

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*Prtoujours:iconPrtoujours: Mar 28, 2008, 7:57:13 AM
Helleewww :wave:

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"On finirait par devenir fou, ou par mourir, si on ne pouvait pas pleurer." [Maupassant]
~pretty-mimi:iconpretty-mimi: Jun 24, 2007, 10:36:40 PM
ktir 7elo hone:D

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Lebanon for ever-عيترون حبيبي
لبنان حبيب العمر
~~Son Rise~~<3
!Michel-Aoun:iconMichel-Aoun: May 23, 2007, 8:27:31 AM
OTV is accepting donations now

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~vassilisL:iconvassilisL: Apr 1, 2007, 8:47:42 AM Mood: Pride
keep up the good stuff. very interesting gallery!

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if i write a novel about be it will be rejected cause im to much of a caricature!
~mosspink:iconmosspink: Mar 16, 2007, 9:01:36 AM
hey
thank u for addin me to ur friends list
am glad we are politicaly assented ;)
(lek il ta3asoub:D)

peace out

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iris
~t-amjad:icont-amjad: Mar 15, 2007, 12:51:20 AM
enjoyed browsing your gallery!
..keep it up! :thumbsup::)

Peace
- Taha
~Piktus:iconPiktus: Mar 10, 2007, 3:23:33 PM
Merçi ya Micho 3al :+devwatch:
I appreciate it :thanks:
~Sharmutzel:iconSharmutzel: Jan 12, 2007, 6:54:08 AM
nice gallery... :peace: to all Lebanese!

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bum... watch for the bomb.. :shocked:
~nasrollah:iconnasrollah: Jan 8, 2007, 9:22:18 AM
Yeslamooo 7abeeby 3ala al :+fav: :rose:

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~Habibe:iconHabibe: Jan 7, 2007, 3:10:40 PM
Thank you!

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lebanese. proudly.
!MichelAoun:iconMichelAoun: Jan 1, 2007, 8:05:10 PM
:orange:

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i am a backstabber
~youmny:iconyoumny: Nov 30, 2006, 2:23:06 AM
Lebanese Pledge

“If my leader is to show disrespect to any Lebanese party or sect I will not follow him
If my leader calls for a protest which divides our Lebanese ranks, no matter the cause, I will not follow him
If my leader is to show hatred, even if rightful, I will not follow him

If my leader hasn’t learnt the lesson from 30 years of war, I have
Lebanon comes first, may our leaders fight their wars alone!”

Please don’t rise to or be source of provocation. Let’s not be victims of international stimuli again.
Our leaders may sell their souls to the devil, but Lebanon was never there’s to sell. It belongs to those of us who STILL believe in one united people.

Please forward to defuse and calm the tension.
~samersaliba:iconsamersaliba: Nov 19, 2006, 11:59:33 AM
Good work !

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"may peace be upon you my friend"
"life is what you do while planning it"
"God loves you the way you are, but He wants to make a change in you"

:spyed2: *samersaliba
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~ADDena:iconADDena: Oct 27, 2006, 11:31:07 AM
A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty,

He said...no.

She asked him if he would want to be with her forever...and he said no.

She then asked him if she were to leave would he cry, and once again he replied with a no.

She had heard enough. As she walked away, tears streaming down her face the boy grabbed her arm and said...

You're not pretty you're beautiful.

I don't want to be with you forever, I NEED to be with you forever.

And I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die...

SO NOW I WILL SAY:

I like you because of who you are to me...A true friend.

And if I don't get this back I'll take the hint.

Tonight at midnight your true love will realize they like you.

Something good will happen to you at 1:00-4:00 PM tomorrow.

It could be anywhere -- AOL, Yahoo, outside of school, anywhere.

Get ready for the biggest shock of your life.

Please send to 15 people in 15 minutes.

Remember:

"A good friend will come bail you out of jail....

But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ...

WE screwed up, but we had fun! "

Proud to be your Friend!

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence, and don't skip ahead.

I've learned...that life is like a roll of toilet paper.

The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned...that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned...that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all in one day.

What makes me think I can?

I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned.

I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.

To all of you...make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.

Show your friends how much you care.

Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you.

If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have
a circle of friends

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-- Ani DiFranco

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~Butterflys-eye:iconButterflys-eye: Oct 18, 2006, 4:31:42 AM
man? grrrrrrrrr

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~Habibe:iconHabibe: Oct 17, 2006, 6:03:56 PM
:)

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lebanese. proudly.
~Habibe:iconHabibe: Oct 17, 2006, 6:03:45 PM
Thanks man!

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lebanese. proudly.
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~Butterflys-eye:iconButterflys-eye: Oct 15, 2006, 2:29:07 PM
Nice work!

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*pinkbaby:iconpinkbaby: Oct 11, 2006, 5:46:26 AM
:wave:

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