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by Isabel Vincent


  International Sephardic Education Foundation, 166, 210, 287

  Israel Museum (Jerusalem), 218

  Izidor (Lily’s teenage beau), 31, 32

  Jackson, Michael, 168

  JAR (artist-jeweler), 192

  Jewish Colonization Association, 17–18

  Jewish Defense League, 187

  John, Elton, 7, 261, 264, 265

  Jornal do Brasil, 87, 104

  Jude, Olivier, 244–45, 247

  Julius, Anthony, 267–68

  Kanarek, Brian, 131, 132, 133, 134, 142, 145

  Kanarek, Jo, 159

  Keil, Jeffrey, 180, 224, 247

  Kelly, Grace, 190

  Kennedy, Robert, 112

  Kheel, Theodore W., 112–13

  King’s College (London), 288

  Kings Lafayette Bank (Brooklyn), 155, 186–87

  Kissinger, Henry, 209

  Kissinger, Nancy, 209, 264

  Klabin family, 29

  Klein, Felix, 73, 152–53, 155, 156–67

  Knesset (Israel), 210

  Knox, Charles, 110–11

  Knox, Edward, 111

  Knox Hat Company (N.Y.C.), 110–11

  Kubitschek, Juscelino, 167

  Lacerda, Carlos, 47, 85

  LaChapelle, David, 261

  Lacroix, Caroline, 189–90

  Lagerfeld, Karl, 6, 166, 193

  Landau, Giacomo, 121

  Lauder, Evelyn, 220, 252

  Lauder, Leonard, 252

  Lauderdale Road Synagogue (London), 145

  Lawrence, Mary Wells and Harding, 209

  Lawrence, Pamela, 209

  Leão, Danuza, 55

  Leff, James J., 162

  Léger, Fernand, 120

  Leme Lopes, José, 75

  Leopold II, King (Belgium), 7, 189–90, 191

  Levy, David, 247

  Lichnowsky, Michael von, 68

  Lily Safra Internship Program, 288

  Lima Souto, Edson Luís, 84

  Linley, Viscount, 220

  Magalhães de Freitas, D., 121

  Maher, Heidi, 228, 229, 231, 232, 251, 252–56, 259, 270, 273

  Maher, Ted, 2–3, 227–39, 254–61, 263, 285

  arson charge of, 248, 249

  background of, 3, 227–30

  confession of, 244–47

  escape from jail by, 259–60

  job conditions and salary of, 10–11, 231–32, 233

  return to United States of, 270–73

  trial of, 13–14, 229, 232–33, 238, 256–58, 261, 269, 271, 284

  Manasse, Donald, 259, 271

  Manjate, Raul, 240

  Marcondes Ferraz, Regina, 171

  Marcos (Caju cemetery administrator), 289–90, 292

  Marinho, Roberto, 171

  Matarazzo, Ermelino, 172

  Mattos, Geraldo, 48–49, 63, 68, 73, 82, 83–84, 153, 280, 281–83

  Mattos, Lourdes, 48–49, 62–63, 68, 82, 84

  Mattos, Sonia, 282

  Mayrink Veiga, Carmen, 171

  Mehle, Aileen, 6, 209, 262

  Mehta, Zubin, 220

  Mendes, Sergio, 191

  Mesquita, Jeronimo José de, 21–22

  Michael, Princess of Kent, 220

  Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, 287

  Millfield School, 38, 47–48, 100, 141, 198

  Miranda, Carmen, 40

  Miranda Jordão, João, 126

  Mischon de Reya (law firm), 267

  Mongiardino, Renzo, 190

  Monterosa, Masha, 58, 63, 90

  Monteverde, Alexandra (Alfredo’s adopted daughter), 52, 127

  Monteverde, Alfredo (Lily’s second husband), 35, 40–53, 61–64, 95–96, 277

  accomplishments of, 42, 43–46, 49, 122

  adopted children of, 51–52, 122, 127

  assets inventory of, 120, 235

  background of, 37–38, 40–42

  death of, 65–79, 82–94, 153, 278, 280, 281

  fortune of, 35, 49, 54, 74, 75, 82, 86, 94–95, 96, 99–102, 116–28, 136–37, 148–53, 157, 162, 276, 290

  funeral and grave of, 82–84, 87, 289–90

  heirs of, 74, 86, 94, 100, 117, 119–22, 276, 290

  household staff of, 60–66

  installment credit innovation of, 45–46

  Lily’s marriage to, 12, 34–36, 53–62

  name change of, 43

  philanthropy of, 46–48, 279, 280

  remembrance campaign for, 290–92

  Safra bank and, 97, 98, 117, 157

  Monteverde, Carlos (Alfredo’s adopted son), 52, 54, 67, 68, 86, 129, 132, 204, 276, 280

  auto racing accident of, 218–19

  Edmond’s relationship with, 161, 199, 278

  father’s death and, 71, 74, 278

  father’s estate and, 119–20, 127–28, 280

  guardianship dispute over, 122–28

  Lily’s adoption of, 100, 128

  Lily’s relationship with, 15, 122–24, 128, 141, 145–46, 149, 199, 219, 259, 278, 279

  marriage and family of, 199, 278–79

  mourning for Claudio by, 198–99

  Monteverde, Claudia (Carlos’s daughter), 199

  Monteverde, Isis (Carlos’s wife), 199, 219, 278

  Monteverde, Regina (Alfredo’s mother), 37, 38, 40–43, 49, 58, 62, 63, 74, 79–80

  death and grave of, 289

  legal suits of, 99, 102, 117–28, 131–32, 149, 151, 162, 186

  son’s death and, 89–94, 117, 289–90

  Monteverde, Scarlett. See Delebois Monteverde, Scarlett

  Morelli, George, 230

  Morgenthau, Robert, 265

  Mulroney, Brian and Mila, 252, 264

  Museum of Jewish Heritage, 265, 288

  Museum of Modern Art, 288

  Nascimento, Djanira, 70, 76

  Nasser, Albert, 98–99, 116, 155, 156, 183, 195, 218, 221, 222

  Nasser, Ezequiel Edmond (Edmond’s nephew), 212

  National Gallery of Art, 219, 221, 288

  National Institutes of Health, 387–88

  NBC (TV network), 271, 272

  Negreiros, Antonio, 205–6, 207, 278

  New York Law Journal, 200

  New York Post, 200, 216, 252, 253, 269–70

  New York Presbyterian Hospital, 227, 229, 230

  New York Times, 113, 115–16, 180, 201, 218

  Niarchos family, 192

  Niemeyer, Oscar, 167

  Ninaca S.A., 254–55

  North, Oliver, 185

  Noudelman de Castro, Annita. See Watkins, Annita

  Oliveira Campos, Roberto de, 171

  Olivetti, Camillo, 79

  Onassis, Christina, 193–94

  Ornano, Isabelle d’, 192

  Ortega, Daniel, 185

  Ozal, Turgut, 208

  Pães, Alvaro, 52–53

  Parker Bowles, Camilla, 220

  Pe’er, Aviva, 51

  Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier and Marcela, 209, 247, 252

  Peron, Juan, 33

  Philip, Prince (Britain), 219

  Picasso, Pablo, 120, 147

  Picasso family, 279

  Picquenot, Patrick, 1–3, 5, 236

  Pinto Dias, Fernando, 58, 60

  Pinto Dias, Vera Contrucci, 8, 43, 58

  Pons, Lily, 20

  Ponto Frio, 34–36, 42, 44–46, 48, 51, 52, 68, 75, 85, 98, 120, 122, 128, 153, 170, 198, 259, 288, 290

  Alfredo’s death and, 72–73, 74, 82, 84, 87, 95

  Edmond and, 162, 169, 194, 195, 259, 278, 279, 282, 283

  financial success of, 49, 101, 123, 158

  Lily’s and Carlos’s sale of, 278, 279

  Lily’s projected sale of, 218, 219

  longtime employees of, 279–83

  sixtieth anniversary of, 288, 291

  Watkins family and, 63, 69, 277

  Prince ton Economics International, 225

  Prokhorov, Mikhail, 286–87

  Pulsifer, Gary, 268

  Quincentennial Foundation USA, 209


  Radziwill, Lee, 279

  Rainier, Prince (Monaco), 15, 192

  Reagan, Nancy, 6, 199, 268

  Realuyo, Pompeyo Roa, 267

  Reiss, Ghislaine, 238

  Republic Air Transport Services, 186

  Republic National Bank of New York, 105, 166, 180, 184, 212, 229, 231, 254

  founding and success of, 110–16

  Monaco branch of, 1, 213

  motto of, 6

  sale deal to HSBC of, 5, 220, 221, 224–26, 247, 248, 249

  success of, 113–16

  Republic National Bank of New York (Suisse), Geneva, 184, 188, 194

  Republic New York Corporation, 215, 216

  Rio Association of Store Owners, 281

  Rivers, Joan, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265

  Rivers, Melissa, 263

  Robinson, Jim, III, 179, 180–81, 182, 200

  Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 190

  Rohatyn, Felix, 193

  Roussel, Thierry and Athina, 193

  Roxo, Zani, 51

  Royal Opera House (London), 235

  Rubin, Sacha, 40

  Sadruddin Aga Khan, Prince, 247

  Safra, Arlette (Edmond’s sister), 129, 253

  Safra, Edmond, 96, 97–130, 132, 135–37, 140, 141, 148–52, 155–63, 169, 172, 194, 195, 229–30, 259, 261, 279, 282–85

  background and youth of, 102–9

  banking tradition and, 6, 12, 56, 97, 102–16, 155, 166–67, 177, 179, 181, 183–84, 224

  business acumen of, 12, 104–5, 107

  day of death of, 1–5, 13–14, 234–42

  death of, 14–16, 226, 242–44, 247, 249, 256, 284–85

  fifty-sixth birthday party for, 191

  fortune of, 7, 15, 166, 226, 249, 253

  funeral/grave of, 247–48, 278

  generosity of, 106

  honors awarded to, 208–12, 219, 221

  Lily’s financial affairs and, 99, 100, 101–2, 117–18, 119, 148, 149, 150

  Lily’s marriage to, 5–6, 16, 163, 193, 197, 199, 206, 278, 289

  Lily’s memorials to, 260–61, 265

  Parkinson’s disease of, 213, 214, 233–34

  philanthropies of, 166, 200, 206, 209, 210, 214–18, 219, 235, 260–62

  social set of, 6–7, 166, 199, 210–11

  will of, 226

  Safra, Elie (Edmond’s brother), 103, 104, 105, 210, 216, 254

  Safra, Eveline (Edmond’s sister), 129, 212, 253

  Safra, Ezra (Edmond’s great-uncle), 102

  Safra, Gabi (Edmond’s sister), 129, 253

  Safra, Huguette (Edmond’s sister), 129, 253

  Safra, Jacob (Edmond’s father), 102–8, 110, 112, 214, 220

  Safra, Jacqui (Edmond’s nephew), 216

  Safra, Joseph (Edmond’s brother), 56, 98–99, 109, 110, 116, 129, 178, 209, 210, 212, 214, 218, 220–24, 226, 248, 254, 256, 257

  Safra, Lily (née Watkins), 4–5, 7–11, 13, 15–16, 59–60, 62–63, 68–69, 75, 81, 132, 159–63, 169, 172, 230–41, 251–58, 260–69, 284–92

  background of, 10, 17–25, 30–32, 275–77

  birth of, 20

  childhood and youth of, 9, 25–39

  children of (see Cohen, Claudio; Cohen, Eduardo; Elia, Adriana Cohen; Monteverde, Carlos)

  death of son and grandson of, 196–99, 278

  elegance of, 6, 28, 30, 140

  entertaining by, 7–8, 10, 55–56, 88, 89, 166, 188–89, 191–94, 199, 209–10, 211–12, 218, 219–20, 262, 263–64

  fiftieth-birthday party for, 183

  generosity of, 57–58, 288

  grandson Gabriel and, 204, 206, 277–78

  honors awarded to, 8, 288

  marriages of (see Bendahan, Samuel; Cohen, Mario; Monteverde, Alfredo; Safra, Edmond)

  Monagasque citizenship of, 15, 273, 284

  move to London by, 95, 96, 99, 100–101, 117, 122–23, 276

  philanthropies of, 8, 10, 26, 166, 206, 208, 209, 217, 219–20, 260, 265, 287–88

  social set of, 5, 6–8, 166, 172, 183, 191–94, 199, 208–12, 219–20, 248, 252, 260–62, 264–65, 290

  son Claudio’s wedding and, 165–69, 171–74

  wealth of, 5, 15, 74, 75, 86, 94–95, 96, 99–102, 118–28, 136–37, 157, 162, 166, 186, 226, 249, 253, 260, 276, 290

  Safra, Moise (Edmond’s brother), 56, 110, 209, 212, 214, 218, 220, 221, 223–24, 248, 256, 257

  Safra, Teira (Edmond’s mother), 103

  Safra, Vicki (Joseph’s wife), 129, 256

  Safra Bank, 56, 97, 98, 103

  manifesto for success of, 104, 105, 112

  Safra family, 132, 171, 177, 178, 185, 214, 217, 218, 220–21, 223–24, 256

  banking interests of, 102–6, 212

  Edmond’s death and, 14, 226, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253–54, 285

  motto of, 103–4

  move to Brazil by, 107–8

  Sephardic background of, 10, 102–3, 105, 108–9, 116, 129–30, 162–63

  Safra Family Lodge, 287–88

  Safra Frères et Cie, 102–3, 106, 112

  Safra Group, 118

  St. Bernard, Michelle, 245

  Salomon Brothers, 172, 178

  Salpeter, Jay, 251, 252–53

  Santos Diniz, Abilio dos, 279

  Sawyer, Diane, 264, 265

  Scherrer, Jean-Louis, 192

  Schlein, Dov, 216

  Seabra family, 41

  Secord, Richard, 185

  Senna, Ayrton, 219

  Serdet, Daniel, 248

  Setton, Sandrine, 256

  Shalom Center Project (Israel), 216–17

  Sigaud, Perla, 173

  Sigelmann, Claudia Bloch, 174–76, 177

  Sigelmann, Evelyne Bloch. See Cohen, Evelyne Sigelmann

  Sigelmann, Inês, 176

  Silva, Mario Cesar da, 75, 76

  Silva Ramos Filho, Alexandrino, 93

  Sirotsky, Carmen, 12, 35, 159

  Sirotsky, Sani, 35–36

  Sitruk, Joseph, 256–57

  Slatkin, Laura and Harry, 229, 230, 236, 271

  Smaga, Anita, 254

  Soares Navarro, Adilson and Ademir, 60, 95, 283

  Soares Navarro, Laurinda, 46, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66–78, 88, 95–96, 283

  Society of National Reconstruction, 21

  SONAREC, 21, 22, 24

  Sonnenblick, Annie, 222

  Sonnenblick, Edmund H., 222

  Souza Gomes, Eurico de, 24

  Sparrow, Charles, 120, 122

  Spotless & Brite, Inc, 231, 254

  Stambowsky, Ricardo, 173

  Steinfeld, Klara, 95, 283

  Steinfeld, Marcelo, 4, 22, 49, 52, 87, 95, 97, 129, 130, 135

  Icatu house purchase by, 95, 283–84

  Sting, 261

  Stuckart, Max von (the Baron), 39–40

  Sutton, Bruce, 223, 230–31

  Swifty’s (N.Y.C. restaurant), 252–53, 262

  Sztern, Victor, 43, 45, 57, 73, 85, 86, 291

  Tarrab, Madame, 105–6

  Taubmans, 211

  Tavares da Silva, Hilmar, 24–25

  Tawil, Jacques, 107, 115

  TDB. See Trade Development Bank

  Temple Emanu-El, 215

  Thatcher, Lady Margaret, 264

  Tiberti, Gerard, 247

  Torrente, Genevieve and Jason, 258

  Torrente, Vivian, 3, 4, 14, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242–43, 245, 257–58, 269, 271

  Trade Development Bank (Geneva), 56, 97, 128, 133, 137, 148, 149, 194, 282

  branches of, 110, 117

  founding of, 108–10

  management style of, 181

  Monteverde family legal suit and, 118–22, 127, 128, 149, 155, 162, 251

  sale to American Express of, 110, 166–67, 178–84, 224

  Trotte, Ademar, 34, 48, 63, 73, 280–81

  Trump, Blaine, 7, 211, 252, 262, 265

  Trump, Robert, 7, 211, 252, 265

  Union Bank of Switzerland, 152

  United Nations, 260

  United Way of America,
200

 

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