Moise Safra

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| name = Moise Safra

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| birth_name = Moise Yacoub Safra

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|4|5}}

| birth_place = Beirut, French Lebanon[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDR-9VZQ Moise Safra] (1955), information from the National Archives, Rio de Janeiro. Scan of Moise Safra's Brazilian entry visa on 1955 on familysearch.org

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|15|1934|4|5}}

| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| nationality = Brazilian

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| occupation = {{hlist|Banker|philanthropist}}

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| spouse = Chella Cohen{{cite news|author=Judy Maltz|title=World Jewish Congress elects new members to governing board|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/world-jewish-congress-elects-new-members-to-governing-board.premium-1.519586|accessdate=7 December 2013|newspaper=Haaretz}}

| children = 5

| parents = Jacob Safra
Esther Safra

| relatives = Joseph Safra (brother)
Edmond Safra (brother)

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Moise Yacoub Safra ({{langx|ar|موسى يَعْقُوب صفرا}} ; April 5, 1934 – June 15, 2014) was a Lebanese-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist of Syrian descent.(page 18) https://jsafrasarasin.com/content/dam/jsafrasarasin/company/bank-annual-report/annual_report_2015.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf He co-founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond Safra and Joseph Safra.

Early life

Moise Safra was born on April 5, 1934, in Beirut, Lebanon, into a family of Sephardic Jewish background originally from Aleppo, in modern Syria, and was the son of Jacob Safra.[https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/06/16/moise-safra-brazilian-billionaire-banker-passes-away-at-79/ Brazilian Jewish philanthropist Moise Safra passes away], World Jewish Congress,[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/business/international/moise-safra-banker-and-philanthropist-dies-at-79.html?_r=0] June 17, 2014 (Page 28) https://publications.jsafrasarasin.com/publ-dl-ch/dl-discl?dl=381995ECA9162A691ED93C5EA7E24B5482EEA3F979F183D257B761138A22C59BAEB08CF731936604DFD5A77DA4A81D6D(Page 6, 2015's version) https://www.edmondjsafra.org/book/ The family's history in banking originated with caravan trade between Alexandria and Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire. The family relocated from Aleppo to Beirut after the First World War as Beirut was home to an already thriving Jewish community. Eventually, the Safras decided to move to Brazil in 1952. In 1955, Moise's 23-year-old brother, Edmond Safra, and their father, Jacob, started working in Brazil by financing letters of credit for trade in São Paulo.

Career

He established himself in Brazil where he acquired citizenship and founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond and Joseph Safra. He was also a prominent Jewish philanthropist.

Death

He died on June 14, 2014, reportedly from heart failure, at the age of 80. He was buried at the {{Interlanguage link multi|Cemitério Israelita do Butantã|pt}} in São Paulo, Brazil. He was survived by his wife Chella Cohen Safra and five children: Jacob Moise Safra, Azuri "Ezra" Moise Safra, Edmundo "Edmond" Moise Safra, Esther Safra Szajman (married to Claudio Szajman, son of {{Interlanguage link multi|Abram Szajman|pt}}), and Olga Safra.{{cite web|title=New chair enlarges, enhances FAS|url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.09/11-safra.html|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=7 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620044101/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/06.09/11-safra.html|archivedate=20 June 2015}}