His brother Moise Safra, a billionaire, lived in Brazil and died in 2014. The two had been partners until Joseph bought Moise's stake in Banco Safra in 2006.
His brother Edmond Safra, a billionaire banker, died in 1999 in a fire in his apartment in Monaco; his male nurse later admitted he was guilty.
From media mogul Sumner Redstone to Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee, 16 of the world’s richest people died in a year that will be remembered through history for the Covid-19 pandemic.
Roughly half of the planet's 2,095 billionaires are now citizens of either the United States or China. Most other countries have fewer billionaires this year than they did a year ago.
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As the battle for London’s skyline intensifies, billionaire Joseph Safra has seen his plans to build a 1,000-ft “tulip” tower London’s financial district rejected by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
In December 2016, a federal court in Brazil decided that there were no grounds on which to prosecute Joseph Safra, according to a statement from his spokesperson.
Economic crisis, inflation and weaker currencies were among the ills that Latin America’s richest faced over the past year. As a result, on Forbes’ new 2016 list of the World’s Billionaires, the number of ten-figure-fortunes in Latin America dwindled to 68, down from 101 in 2015. The 68 are worth [...]
Banana giant Chiquita is under the spotlight as investors weigh the company’s options and future. Cutrale Group, a major Brazilian orange-juice supplier, and investment firm Safra Group, which is owned by Brazilian billionaire Joseph Safra, have offered to pay $1.25 billion for Chiquita.* The proposal may disrupt a previously disclosed [...]
Carlos Slim Helú lost his spot atop our world billionaires list this year, but the Mexican telecom magnate is still the richest in Latin America — by $52.3 billion.