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Sapir (surname)
Sapir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Sapir, Belgian economist *Edward Sapir, American anthropologist and linguist **J. David Sapir, his son, also an anthropologist and linguist *Esteban Sapir, Argentine cinematographer and director * Estelle Sapir, Polish Holocaust survivor *Gal Sapir, Israeli footballer *Jacques Sapir, French economist *Mark Sapir, Russian-American mathematician *Michael Sapir, American businessperson, founder of ProShares *Pinchas Sapir, Israeli politician *Richard Sapir, American novelist *Tamir Sapir, American businessman *Yosef Sapir Yosef Sapir ( he, יוסף ספיר; January 27, 1902 – February 26, 1972) was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party. Sapir ..., Israeli politician See also * Sapir (other) References {{surname Hebrew-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Surnames from o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Sapir
André Sapir is a Belgian economist and professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management ( Université Libre de Bruxelles). He is also a senior fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels-based think tank. Professional career Sapir holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Bela Balassa. He then was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from 1977 to 1982, before returning to his native Brussels. From 2001 to 2004 he was economic adviser to European Commission President Romano Prodi. As such, he was the coordinator of the landmark report on Europe's growth policy known as the Sapir Report. He then served until 2009 in the group of Economic Policy Advisors to Prodi's successor José Manuel Barroso. He is a member of the King Baudouin Foundation’s board of trustees and chairman of its selection committee for the King Baudouin International Development Prize; and of the International Scientific Advisory Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir (; January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American Jewish anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States. Sapir was born in German Pomerania, in what is now northern Poland. His family emigrated to the United States of America when he was a child. He studied Germanic linguistics at Columbia, where he came under the influence of Franz Boas, who inspired him to work on Native American languages. While finishing his Ph.D. he went to California to work with Alfred Kroeber documenting the indigenous languages there. He was employed by the Geological Survey of Canada for fifteen years, where he came into his own as one of the most significant linguists in North America, the other being Leonard Bloomfield. He was offered a professorship at the University of Chicago, and stayed for several years continuing to work for the professionalization of the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Sapir
Esteban Sapir (born June 6, 1967, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine cinematographer, film director, and screenplay writer. In the 1990s he began directing commercials and music videos. He is of Jewish descent but is not practicing. Filmography Directing * '' Picado fino'' (1996) aka ''Fine Powder'' * '' Shakira: Live and Off the Record'' (2004) (Video) * '' La Antena'' (2007) aka ''The Aerial'' Cinematography * '' Noches áticas'' (1995) * '' Rey muerto'' (1995) * '' Picado fino'' (1996) aka ''Fine Powder'' * '' La Vida según Muriel'' (1997) aka ''Life According to Muriel'' * ''Prohibido'' (1997) * '' Aluap'' (1997) * '' Cohen vs. Rosi'' (1998) * '' Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas'' (1998) aka ''A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas'' * '' Río escondido'' (1999) aka ''Hidden River'' * '' Buenos Aires plateada'' (2000) * '' El Nadador inmóvil'' (2000) * '' Tesoro mío'' (2000) * '' La T.V. y yo'' (2002) * '' La Antena'' (2007) Camera Operator * '' Esa maldita costi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Sapir
Estelle Sapir (25 January 1923 – 13 April 1999) was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who achieved a measure of fame for her successful battle with the Swiss banking industry, in particular Credit Suisse, after a half-century of fighting for the return of her family's money, which had been deposited by her father, Józef Sapir, before he was murdered in the Nazi concentration camp at Majdanek during World War II. In 1998, Credit Suissewhich had demanded her father's death certificate, which did not exist due to the circumstances of his murder in a concentration camp, in order to release the fundsand Estelle Sapir jointly announced that the case was settled. The amount was not disclosed due to a confidentiality agreement but has been estimated at $500,000 USD. Sapir died on 13 April 1999, aged 76, in Rockaway Park, Queens, New York from a heart attack after a period of poor health. She never married and was survived by two nieces and a nephew. She had maintained her Polish P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gal Sapir
Gal Sapir is an Israeli footballer who plays for F.C. Holon Yermiyahu. Honours * Liga Leumit: **''Runner-up (1):'' 2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ... **''U-21 Israel national team 2011'' References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapir, Gal 1990 births Israeli Jews Living people Israeli men's footballers Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players SC Telstar players Hapoel Afula F.C. players Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players Hapoel Marmorek F.C. players Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players Hapoel Azor F.C. players Hapoel Holon F.C. players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Sapir
Jacques Sapir is a French economist, born in 1954 in Puteaux. He is the son of psychoanalyst Michel Sapir. Career Since 1996, he has been the director of studies at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, and head of the Centre d'Étude des Modes d'Industrialisation ( CEMI-EHESS). He is a theoretician of economic science noted for his heterodox positions on many issues. He specializes in the economy of Russia, and teaches at the Moscow School of Economics (''Moskovskaya Shkola Ekonomiki''). He is also an expert in questions of strategy and defence, and a specialist of the Soviet and Russian military. Recently, he has taken position in favor of deglobalization, questioned the future of the eurozone,Emmanuel Todd">Manifeste pour un débat sur le libre-échange, website animated notably by Jacques Sapir, Emmanuel Todd, Jean-Luc Gréau et Hervé Juvin {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapir, Jacques 1954 births Living people People from Puteaux French economists French soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Sapir
Mark Sapir (February 12, 1957 - October 8, 2022)Mark Sapir's CV Department of Mathematics, . Accessed November 4, 2018Mark Sapir Obituary Accessed October 10, 2022 was a U.S. and Russian mathematician working in , |
ProShares
ProShares is an issuer of exchange-traded funds, including inverse exchange-traded funds, and similar products. History ProFunds Group was founded in 1997 with $100,000 by former Rydex employees Louis Mayberg and Michael Sapir. That year, it introduced bear market inverse mutual funds. In 2006, ProFunds Group launched ProShares and its first inverse exchange-traded fund. In October 2021, the company launched an exchange-traded fund that invests in Bitcoin futures contract In finance, a futures contract (sometimes called a futures) is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery at a specified time in the future, between parties not yet known to each other. The asset ...s. References External links * {{Official website 2006 establishments in Maryland Companies based in Bethesda, Maryland Financial services companies of the United States Financial services companies established in 2006 Investment management companies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinchas Sapir
Pinchas Sapir ( he, פנחס ספיר, born Pinchas Kozlowski 15 October 1906 – 12 August 1975) was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding. He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Finance (1963–68 and 1969–74) and Minister of Trade and Industry (1955–65 and 1970–72) as well as several other high-ranking governmental posts. He is often considered to be 'the father' of the Israeli economy for his unwavering efforts to foster economic development during the country's formative years. Biography Pinhas Sapir was born in 1906 in Suwałki, Russian Empire (now in Poland) and after graduating from a teachers' seminary he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1929. He was a long-time resident of the city of Kfar Saba where he lived in a modest apartment until his death. He died from a heart attack while attending a ceremony in moshav Nevatim, on 12 August 1975. Political career At the time he served in government, the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sapir
Richard Ben Sapir (; 1936–1987) is best known for '' The Destroyer'' series of novels that he co-created with Warren Murphy. The first ''Destroyer'' was written in 1963, while Sapir worked as a city hall reporter in Jersey City and Murphy served as secretary to the city's mayor. Ahead of its time with a plot centered upon a brash young westerner trained in the martial arts by a master assassin from North Korea, the book went unpublished until June 1971 but eventually spawned a highly successful adventure series with over 30 million copies in print by the late 1990s. Prior to co-creating ''The Destroyer'', Sapir worked as an editor and in public relations. In addition to ''The Destroyer'' series, Sapir wrote five novels: ''Bressio'' (1975), ''The Far Arena'' (1978), '' The Body'' (1983), ''Spies'' (1984), and ''Quest'' (1987), a modern-day search for the Holy Grail. ''The Body'', which was made into a movie in 2001, is about a Jewish archaeologist who finds a skeleton underne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamir Sapir
Tamir Sapir (born Temur Sepiashvili, ka, თემურ სეფიაშვილი; 1946/1947 – September 26, 2014) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor. He was the founder of the Sapir Organization, a real estate investment firm based in New York City. Sapir originally made his fortune commodity trading, trading oil and fertilizers with the Soviet Union during the 1980s. He became a billionaire in 2002, with his wealth peaking in 2007 at US$2 billion, according to Forbes. Early life and education Temur Sepiashvili was born to a Georgian Jews, Jewish family in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father was a major in the Soviet Army. In the early 1970s he studied journalism at Tbilisi State University but left to earn money to support his family because of his father's death. Career He took a job processing emigration applications for Soviet Jews and in 1973, he immigrated to Israel with his wife around the time of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosef Sapir
Yosef Sapir ( he, יוסף ספיר; January 27, 1902 – February 26, 1972) was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party. Sapir was born in Jaffa in 1902, then under the Ottoman Empire. Between 1940 and 1951 he served as the mayor of Petah Tikva, where a major street (part of Road 481) is named after him. Shortly after his tenure, at the end of 1952, Sapir joined the national government as Health Minister, later going on to become the Minister of Transportation between 1952 and 1955. Sapir served as a Minister without Portfolio in Levi Eshkol's emergency government formed on the eve of the Six-Day War. He assumed the post of Minister of Trade and Industry in Golda Meir's government, until Gahal left the coalition on 6 August 1970. Karmei Yosef, a community settlement founded in 1984 between Ramle and Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh ( he, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ ) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
