Lily Safra
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Lily Safra (Socialite, Billionaire) | |
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Born | 30 December 1934 Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Died | 9 July 2022 (Age 87) Geneva, Switzerland |
Nationality | Brazilian, Monegasque |
Religion | Jewish |
Children | 4 |
Spouse | • Mario Cohen • Alfredo Monteverde • Samuel Bendahan • Edmond Safra |
Member of | The 1001 Club |
Interest of | Empress Bianca |
Widow of Edmond Safra |
Lily Safra was a Brazilian-Monegasque billionaire and socialite who amassed considerable wealth through her four marriages. Two of her husbands died suspicious deaths.[1] Her net worth was estimated at $1.3 billion.[2] She became strongly engaged with philanthropy when she married the banker Edmond Safra, and this continued through their Foundation after his death in 1999. Two books about her life and marriages have been written:
- Empress Bianca (2005) - the first edition of which she suppressed [3]
- Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows (2011) [4]
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