Nessim gaon biography of mahatma
Nessim gaon biography of mahatma
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Nessim Gaon
Swiss financier (–)
Nessim David Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون, 22 February – 10 May )[1] was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as Noga SA.
Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since He was also a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.[2]
Biography
Gaon was born in Sudan to Turkish Jews who had been transplanted to Spain and later moved to Egypt and then Sudan.
He was married to Renée Tamman (–), with whom he had three children: Marguerite Herzog, David N. Gaon, and Danielle Coën-Gaon.[3]
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 crocodile and snake skins in