Death of World’s Wealthiest Banker Thrusts Heirs Into Spotlight
- Brazil’s Joseph Safra, worth $17.6 billion, died last week
- Safra’s children already play central roles in the group
Joseph Safra on April 20, 2016.
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Joseph Safra became the world’s richest banker by transforming a Brazilian lender into a global multibillion-dollar empire.
Now, after a long illness and death at 82, it falls to the next Safra generation.