Maurice Zilkha

Maurice K. Zilkha (1918-1964) was an Iraqi banker.

Maurice Zilkha
Born
Maurice Khedouri Zilkha

1918
Baghdad, Iraq
Died1964 (aged 4546)
CitizenshipItalian
Occupationbanker
Spouse(s)Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha
ChildrenDoris and Philippe
Parent(s)Khedouri Zilkha
RelativesSelim Zilkha (brother)
Ezra Zilkha (brother)
Abdullah Zilkha (brother)

Early life

Maurice Zilkha was born in Baghdad, Iraq, the son of Khedouri Zilkha and Louise (Bashi) Zilkha.

Career

He was managing director of Banque Zilkha in Egypt until the family's Egyptian were confiscated in 1956 by Gamel Abdel Nasser's government.[1]

In 1956, Zilkha left from Egypt and became an Italian citizen. He died in 1964 at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City after a short illness.[1]

Personal life

He was survived by his wife Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha, their daughter Doris of Paris, France and Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland; their son, Philippe; as well as his three brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Simon and Mrs. Hanina Shasha (wife of Alfred Aboud Shasha), both of New York.[1]

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References

  1. "MAURICE ZILKHA, FINANCIER DEAD". New York Times. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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