Isaac Saba Raffoul
Male, Deceased Person
1923 – 2008
Who was Isaac Saba Raffoul?
Isaac Saba Raffoul was a Mexican businessman of Syrian-Lebanese Jewish origin; his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes Magazine. He had been married with wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto.
He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba. There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa, upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1923
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Arab Mexican
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Died
- Jul 27, 2008
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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