Nessim Gaon
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Nessim Gaon | |
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Born | Nessim David Gaon 22 February 1922 commodities trader |
Spouse | Renée Tamman (1927-2014) |
Children | 3 |
Nessim David Gaon (
Biography
Gaon was born in Sudan to
Aside from the posts Gaon held in world Jewish organizations, he was the founder of Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva.[4]
Business career
Gaon's career in trade began as a trader of burlap bags and
Gaon through his firms Noga Commodities Overseas and Afro Continental was involved in rice, edible oils cement trade in Nigeria during the country's oil boom years in the 1970s. In 1979, he was importing 120,000 tonnes of rice to Nigeria. However, a turn in Nigeria's economy in 1984 caused non payment of government's promissory notes tied to his firm's assets affected his commodity business.[5]
Beginning in 1991, Gaon developed a barter trading interest with the Soviet Union that ended in acrimony, thereafter Gaon sought legal options to claim unpaid debts through confiscation of Russian assets abroad.[7]
References
- ^ ניסים גאון, מחשובי המנהיגים היהודיים, הלך אמש לעולמו בג׳נבה (in Hebrew)
- ^ Schneiderman, Harry; Carmin, Itzhak J., eds. (1987). Who's who in World Jewry. Who's Who in World Jewry. p. 167.
- ^ El filántropo judío Nessim Gaon murió a los 100 años
- ^ Bareket, Amiram (2007-05-25). חשד: בית הכנסת "היכל הנס" בז'נווה הוצת [Suspicion: Synagogue 'Miracle Hall' in Geneva was set on fire]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ a b Mufson, Steve (July 19, 1984). "Nigerian Reverses Stun Commodities Trader". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Heath, Chip; Starr, Karla (2018). "The Hilton Effect: As Hilton Nears 100-Year Milestone, New Research Uncovers World-Changing Impact" (PDF). Hilton Press Center. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
References
- Malka, Eli (April 1997). Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-8122-9.