Nathan Saatchi
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{{Short description|Iraqi businessman and textile merchant (1907–2000)}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = 24 December 1907
| birth_place = Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
| death_date = 31 May 2000 (aged 92)
| death_place = London, England
| burial_place = Golders Green Jewish Cemetery
| occupation = Businessman, textile merchant
| children = 4, including Maurice and Charles
}}
Nathan David Saatchi ({{langx|ar|ناثان دافيد ساعتجي}}; 24 December 1907 – 31 May 2000) was an Iraqi businessman and textile merchant.
Early life
Saatchi was born on 24 December 1907 into a middle-class Jewish family in Baghdad, then part of the Ottoman Empire.[https://jewishjournal.com/news/94/schimmels-summer-school-paul-schimmel-moca/ By Tom Teicholz, June 23, 2006, Schimmel’s Summer School (Paul Schimmel & MOCA)] The name "Saatchi" (sā'ātchi), which means "watchmaker", originates from Ottoman Turkish (Saat: Originally from Arabic, -çi: Turkish suffix meaning maker in context). He later moved to London.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1343766/Nathan-Saatchi.html |title=Nathan Saatchi |work= The Daily Telegraph |date=19 June 2000 |accessdate=27 April 2017|url-access=subscription}}
Career
In Iraq, Saatchi was a textile merchant and imported goods primarily from Manchester. Anticipating the Iraqi government's laws against Jews, he moved to England after World War II, settling in London where he acquired wool and textile factories.{{cite web |title=Nathan Saatchi |url=http://www.dangoor.com/73page108.html |website=www.dangoor.com |access-date=21 May 2024}}
Personal life
In 1936, he married Daisy Ezair (1920–2000),Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, p. 3455. and they had four sons, including:
- Charles Saatchi (b. 1943), a co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi;{{cite news |last1=Sloane |first1=Leonard |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; Charles Saatchi Is Leaving Agency |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/17/business/the-media-business-advertising-addenda-charles-saatchi-is-leaving-agency.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 February 1995}} he is also known for his art collection and for owning Saatchi Gallery.{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Carol |title=Saatchi Says He’ll Give Britain His Gallery and Over $37 Million in Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/arts/design/02saatchi.html?searchResultPosition=10 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 July 2010}}{{cite news |last1=Reyburn |first1=Scott |title=Big Changes at Britain’s Saatchi Gallery, as Visitor Numbers Slide |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/arts/design/saachi-gallery-charity.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 April 2019}}
- Maurice Saatchi (b. 1946), a co-founder of the Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi;{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Stuart |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Maurice Saatchi's breakaway agency snares its initial two accounts from his former company. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/16/business/media-business-advertising-maurice-saatchi-s-breakaway-agency-snares-its-initial.html?searchResultPosition=5 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 February 1995}}{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Stuart |title=M&C Saatchi Buys a Stake in SS&K |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/business/media/mc-saatchi-buys-a-stake-in-ssk.html?searchResultPosition=6 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 November 2014}} he was created a life peer as Baron Saatchi, of Staplefield in the County of West Sussex on 4 October 1996.{{London Gazette |issue=54547 |date=9 October 1996 |page=13389}}
Saatchi died on 31 May 2000,{{cite news |title=Nathan Saatchi |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1343766/Nathan-Saatchi.html |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=19 June 2000 |language=en}} and is buried at Golders Green Jewish Cemetery.{{Cite book |author=Kolsky, Rachel |author2=Rawson, Roslyn |title=Jewish London |publisher=New Holland Publishers |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-84773-918-6 |location=London |pages=153}}
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Category:20th-century British businesspeople
Category:20th-century Iraqi businesspeople
Category:Iraqi emigrants to the United Kingdom
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