Nessim Gaon
| Nessim David Gaon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1922 Khartoum, Sudan |
| Occupation | financier, commodities trader |
Nessim Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون, pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum, Sudan) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga SA. 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.
Personal life
Gaon was born in the Sudan to Turkish Jews from Spain, who later moved to Egypt and the Sudan. He married to Renée Tamman (1925-2013). He had three children: Marguerite Herzog, David N. Gaon, and Danielle Coën-Gaon.
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]
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
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.