Abdullah Zilkha

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Abdullah Zilkha
Born
Abdullah Khedouri Zilkha

1913 (age 108–109)
Baghdad, Iraq
CitizenshipSwiss
OccupationBanker
Parent(s)Khedouri Zilkha
RelativesSelim Zilkha (brother)
Ezra Zilkha (brother)
Maurice Zilkha (brother)

Abdullah K. Zilkha (1913) is a retired Swiss investment banker.

Early life[]

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

Career[]

He was a member of the Zilkha Iraqi-Jewish banking family.[1][2]

In the early 1970s, Zilkha's investment banking firm Ufitec, S.A., was a central player in the saving of the Penn Central from bankruptcy. At the direction of Lloyd Cutler, the Washington, D.C. attorney, Zilkha met with Donald Prell, an executive with Union Bank Corp., in Zurich in late December 1971, to facilitate gaining consent of all bondholders to a refinancing so the U.S. railroad's assets could be preserved.[3]

Personal life[]

He married Zmira (Mani) Zilkha, of the well-known Mani family of Hebron, great-granddaughter of the revered Kabbalist Rabbi Eliyahu Mani. She and her family survived the 1929 Hebron massacre. They had a son, Daniel A. Zilkha, born October 1, 1942, who became a New York City-based executive and philanthropist.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "MAURICE ZILKHA, FINANCIER DEAD". New York Times. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^ Forbes: "From Baghdad to Bel Air" by Phyllis Berman February 23, 1998
  3. ^ "The Untold Story of the Survival of the Penn Central Company" by Donald Prell
  4. ^ "Frances Rogers Becomes Bride Of D. A. Zilkha". New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Leonora Zilkha, Frank Williamson". New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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