Vicky Safra (born 1952/1953) is a Greek-born billionaire and philanthropist.

Biography

Safra was born Vicky Sarfati (Βίκυ Σαρφάτη), the daughter of Fortunée (née Eskenazi) (1926–2015) and Alberto El Sarfaty (1914–2003). In 1969, she married

Joseph Safra Joseph Safra ( ar, يوسف صفرا‎; 1 September 1938 – 10 December 2020) was a Swiss-based Lebanese Brazilian banker and billionaire businessman, who ran the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group. Joseph Safra was the ch ...

(1938–2020). Her husband died in 2020 leaving his fortune to her and their children. She heads the Joseph Safra Philanthropic Foundation. She is a citizen of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

but lives in

Crans-Montana Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Cr ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. She had four children with her husband: Jacob J. Safra, Esther Safra Dayan (married to , son of

Sasson Dayan Sasson Dayan is a Lebanese-born Brazilian banker and co-founder of Banco Daycoval. Biography Sasson was born on April 1, 1940 in Lebanon to a Jewish family where he worked at Casa Bancária Salim A. Dayan, a bank founded by his father. In the 19 ...

), Alberto J. Safra, and David J. Safra. Jacob is responsible for the international operations (

Safra National Bank of New York Safra National Bank of New York (SNBNY) is a nationally chartered U.S. Bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and member of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Bank serves hi ...

and J. Safra Sarasin of Switzerland) while David manages

Banco Safra Banco Safra is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the seventh largest banking institution in Brazil, and the nineteenth largest in Latin America. It provides services in investment banking, privat ...

in Brazil. According to the ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...

'' list of ''

The World's Billionaires ''The World's Billionaires'' is an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in the world, compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine ''Forbes''. The list was first published in March ...

'', as of October 2021, she is worth $7.5 billion. Her children are also billionaires worth collectively $7.1 billion. As of 2021, she is the richest woman in

References

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