Guma Aguiar | |
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Born | Guma Leandro Aguiar May 31, 1977 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Disappeared | June 19, 2012 (aged 35) Port Everglades, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
Status | Missing for 12 years, 4 months and 8 days; Declared dead in absentia January 29, 2015 (aged 37) |
Other names | Guma Kaplan Aguiar[1][2] |
Known for | June 2012 disappearance |
Spouse |
Jamie Black (m. 2005) |
Children | 4 |
Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; declared legally dead January 29, 2015[3]) was a Brazilian-born American energy industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between the United States and Israel. Aguiar was recognized as a philanthropist who supported a variety of Jewish causes including Nefesh B'Nefesh and the March of the Living.[4] In July 2009, Aguiar invested over $4 million (USD) in support of the Beitar Jerusalem Football Club.
On June 20, 2012, Aguiar was reported missing after his unoccupied boat was found on Fort Lauderdale Beach.[5] The day before Aguiar went missing, a federal court judge ordered his mental health records be presented to the court as part of a lawsuit between him and his uncle Thomas Kaplan.[6]
Aguiar was declared legally dead in January 2015.