Lily Safra

Lily Safra
Born
Lily Watkins

(1934-12-30)30 December 1934
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Died9 July 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 87)
Geneva, Switzerland
CitizenshipMonaco and Brazil
Occupations
  • Socialite
  • philanthropist
Spouses
  • Mario Cohen
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    (m. 1952; div. 1960)​
  • Alfredo Monteverde
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    (m. 1964; died 1969)​
  • Samuel Bendahan
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    (m. 1972; div. 1973)​
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    (m. 1976; died 1999)​
Children4

Lily Safra (née Watkins; also Cohen, Monteverde and Bendahan; 30 December 1934 – 9 July 2022) was a Brazilian-Monegasque billionaire and socialite who amassed considerable wealth through her four marriages. She had a significant art collection and owned the historic Villa Leopolda on the French Riviera.[1] Her net worth was estimated at $1.3 billion.[2] She became strongly engaged with philanthropy when she married the banker Edmond Safra, and this continued through their foundation after his death in 1999.

  1. ^ "The World's Most Expensive Billionaire Homes". Forbes. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Lily Safra". Forbes. Retrieved 14 June 2022.