Maurice Zilkha

Maurice Zilkha
Born Maurice Khedouri Zilkha
1918
Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1964
New York City, US
Citizenship Italian
Occupation banker
Spouse(s) Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha
Children Doris and Philippe
Parent(s) Khedouri Zilkha
Relatives Selim Zilkha (brother)
Ezra Zilkha (brother)

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

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "MAURICE ZILKHA, FINANCIER DEAD". New York Times. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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