A banker’s Journey

Since the publication of the biography of Edmond J. Safra, there have been many favorable reviews internationally. Here is a brief selection.

What an inspiration, on so many levels! […] This book is a gift and a real contribution to knowledge not only about the life of this extraordinary man who also died tragically but also about the Syrian-Lebanese community and its diaspora.

Dr. Eric Lankin

Rather than a biography of a single man this is the biography of a most extraordinary family and their impact on banking and the history of the 20th century.

Steve Kramer

Besides offering a deep dive into the international banking climate of the second half of the 20th century, Gross shows how Safra was perceived by the international banking community in extremes. He was a financial prodigy whose ethics reached deep into the Torah; and as a feared competitor globally, he could be reviled for his old-fashioned way of keeping his banks close to his sleeve, installing family and members of the displaced Syrian and Beirut Jewish communities in banks that operated from Brazil, the US, Europe and, eventually, the Far East and Israel

Jerusalem Post

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