Jamil Arazi

Jamil Arazi was a Syrian -  Lebenese Jewish banker born in Damascus, Syria (22 November 1923 - 6 July 2002, London). Married to Marcelle Katri and father to Mireille, Lucienne and Sophie Arazi.

Jamil Arazi, often described as a close associate and business partner of billionaire banker Edmond Safra began his career establishing a large import - export operation in Damascus, Syria. Arazi also learnt how to trade stocks on the Italian stock exchange and currencies with his brothers in the 1940’s. Arazi's son in law Gabriel Metta took over finance and import - export activities in the early 1960's. The business specialised in shipping and freighting commodities to Africa, in particular Ghana and Nigeria where Metta was awarded with an exclusive contract with Ghanian president Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in 1978 (during the Ghanian coup etat) to supply them with Grain and Sugar. Jamil and his family (including his three daughters and their families) fled to Milan in 1975 due to the civil war in Lebanon. Many other Lebanese Jews immigrated to the likes of New York, Monaco, Milan and London. Two of Jamil's daughters, Mireille and Lucienne, split their time between London and Miami with Sophie living in Milan.

Jamil’s son in laws Gabriel and Selim Metta where both responsible for managing Jamil’s holdings until his death in 2002. Following the death of Jamil in 2002, after initially deciding with Shell to extract and refine oil from recently inherited real estate holdings in Seattle, Washington Metta decided to construct a wind farms which was then sold to Zilkha Energy in 2005 for an undisclosed sum. Gabriel Metta continued to trade, invest and manage family commercial and residential real estate assets including housing, land and shopping centres in the UK before Rudy Metta (son of Gabriel Metta) established Rockbridge capital, a central London multi-family investment office that invests in real estate and bespoke secured lending opportunities.

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