Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman)
Overview
Millionaire
A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. It can also be a person who owns one million units of currency in a bank account or savings account...
of Bukharian Jewish descent who has lived in London
London
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since the early 1960s. He is the son of Rehavia Moussaieff, and grandson of Shlomo Moussaieff
Shlomo Moussaieff (rabbi)
Shlomo Moussaieff was born in the city of Bukhara in 1852 in what is today Uzbekistan and was one of the founders of the Bukharian Quarter in Jerusalem...
of Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
. He made most of his fortune by selling precious jewelry to international royalty
Royal family
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and high society, especially Saudis and Persian Gulf Arab States. He speaks Arabic fluently.
