This Saturday the millionaire died mundane Brazilian safra lily. The causes of her death are not known, but it can be read in a statement published by the foundation of her husband Edmond J. Safra who died “surrounded by friends and family.”
Forbes magazine reveals that Safra was one of the richest women in the world with a fortune valued at 1,300 million dollars (about 1,299 million euros).
Born in 1934 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, she was the daughter of Jewish immigrants and humble workers. Her first marriage was at the age of 19, with the Argentine millionaire Mário Cohen -with whom she had three children-.
Years later she met the Brazilian Alfredo (Freddy) Monteverde at a party, which caused her separation from Cohen and her new marriage in 1965, from which two more children were born. In 1969, Monteverde was found dead in his house with two shots to the chest, the police pointed out that the millionaire had suicide.
The Argentine newspaper Clarín reports that her third marriage took place with the English businessman Samuel Bendahan in 1972. But this marriage only lasted a year.
In 1976, she finally married Edmond Safra, with whom she spent 23 years. During this time, she Lily did millionaire investments in works of art which he exhibited in his homes in New York, London, Paris, Monte Carlo, Geneva and the French Riviera.
She was widowed again in 1999 after Edmond died in a fire at the couple’s home. The woman managed to get out unharmed after hiding in an emergency room for these cases, her husband ended up dying. It was declared that it was the nurse Ted Maher who started the fire, the health professional admitted that he started the fire with the aim of being protagonist of a “heroic rescue” – He was finally convicted in 2002.
Edmond Safra left his fortune to mundane, what put her in 2190 place of the world’s greatest millionaires.
In 2016, Lily Safra poses with Elton John at the singer’s non-profit organization, the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
It was also in 1999 that Lily became president of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, responsible for various philanthropic projects. She highlights the monetary support for proposals in the areas of education, science and medicine, religion, culture and humanitarian aid in more than 50 countries. In 2006 she founded the Edmond and Lily Safra International Neuroscience Institute and the Alfredo J. Monteverde School, responsible for the in-depth study of the human brain.
For more than twenty years, Mrs. Safra faithfully upheld the philanthropic legacy of her loving husband, Edmond, supporting hundreds of organizations around the world. She now lives in her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for whom she has always had a deep dedication.
Lily Safra also inherited Villa Leopolda, a palace in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the south of France, built by King Leopold II and valued at 500 million euros, it is considered the second most expensive house in the world. In 2012 she raised a total of 38 million dollars (37 million euros) with an auction of jewelry that was donated to charities.
Source: Observadora
