Nessim Gaon
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| Nessim David Gaon | |
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| Born | 1922 Khartoum, Sudan |
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| Occupation | financier |
Nessim Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون, pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum, Sudan) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga company. Outside the business world, he has been very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He has also been a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Among his assets is the Noga Hilton in Geneva, Switzerland.
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[edit] Personal life
Born in the Sudan to Turkish Jews from Egypt.
[edit] Jewish life
Aside from all the posts Gaon has held in world Jewish organizations, he is also a founder, builder and member of Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva[1].
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[edit] References
- Malka, Eli [April 1997]. Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815681229.
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