Moises Safra

Moises Safra (Arabic: موسى صفرا) is a Brazilian businessman, founder of Banco Safra

Moises was born into a wealthy Jewish banking family in Aleppo, Syria. The family's history in banking originated with caravan trade between Aleppo, Alexandria and Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire. The family relocated to Beirut after the first world war and as Beirut was home to an already thriving Jewish community. Eventually, the Safras decided to move to Brazil in 1952. In 1955, Moises's 23-year-old brother, Edmond Safra, and his father, Jacob Safra, started working in Brazil by financing letters of credit for trade in São Paulo.

He established himself in Brazil where he acquired citizenship and founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond Safra and Joseph Safra.

See also

• Safra Group
• Safra National Bank of New York
• Bank Jacob Safra Switzerland
• Joseph Safra
• Edmond Safra

References

• Banco Safra Brazil

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