BusinessInsider has gone over Forbes' exhaustive World's Billionaires List with a fine-toothed comb, and they’ve finally come down to one of the most important parts — the richest banker in the world. His name is Joseph Safra, he's 73 years-old and he's worth $13.8 billion, according to Forbes and is #52 on their list. Currently, he lives in Brazil, but he was born in Beirut, Lebanon to a Jewish banking family whose wealth dates back to the Ottoman Empire.
The family moved to Brazil in 1952, where Joseph's father, Jacob, and his brother, the late Edmond Safra, started working in the financial industry in Sao Paolo. Joseph eventually got in the business himself, founding Banco Safra, the 9th largest bank in Brazil, in the 1960s.
Last year, Safra bought Bank Sarasin….,
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