Vicky Safra: Meet the Wealthiest Greek Woman in the World
” width=”700″>Vicky Safra, who is now the wealthiest Greek woman in the world, with her late husband Joseph Safra. Video still/ YouTube/https://economia.uol.com.br/
Vicky Safra is now the wealthiest Greek woman in the world according to Forbes. Following the death of her husband Joseph Safra in December, she became the matriarch of the massive Safra fortune.
The story of the wealthiest Greek woman on Earth
Safra, whose maiden name was Sarfaty, married Joseph Safra when she was only 17. Her family had emigrated from Greece to Brazil in the 1950s when she was still a child, and she met her future husband there.
They’re listed as the owners of Switzerland’s J. Safra Sarasin and Brazil’s Banco Safra, two banks with about $90 billion in assets, as well as firms linked to the family’s real estate holdings, which include the Gherkin building in London and 660 Madison Avenue in New York.
She and her children are worth more than $16.2bn combined, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. A spokesperson for the family declined to comment on their net worth.
The Safra wealth transfer is one of the largest in history, but it’s also part of a growing trend of ultra-rich families passing on fortunes that are the size of large corporations.