Nessim Gaon

Nessim David Gaon
Born	1922 Khartoum, Sudan
Occupation	financier

Nessim Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون‎, pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum, Sudan) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga company. 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

Born in the Sudan to Turkish Jews from Egypt.

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

1. ^ Bareket, Amiram (2007-05-25). "חשד: בית הכנסת "היכל הנס" בז'נווה הוצת" (in Hebrew). Ha'aretz. http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=863093&contrassID=2&subContrassID=21&sbSubContrassID=0. Retrieved 2007-05-27. 

References

• Malka, Eli. Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815681229. 

External links

• Nessim Gaon profile on the Museum of the Jewish People website

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Name	Gaon, Nessim
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Date of birth	1922
Place of birth	Khartoum, Sudan
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