Tamir Sapir

Tamir Sapir
Born
Temur Sepiashvili

1946 or 1947[1][2]
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
DiedSeptember 24, 2014 (2014-09-25) (aged 66)
Spouse(s)
Bella Sapir
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(divorced)​

Elena Ponomareva
Children5

Tamir Sapir (born Temur Sepiashvili, Georgian: თემურ სეფიაშვილი; 1946/1947 – September 24, 2014) was a Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor.[3] He was the founder of the Sapir Organization, a real estate investment firm based in New York City. Sapir originally made his fortune trading oil and fertilizers with the Soviet Union during the 1980s.[4] He became a billionaire in 2002, with his wealth peaking in 2007 at US$2 billion, according to Forbes.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference coll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The World's Billionaires: #721 Tamir Sapir". Forbes. March 3, 2010. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "The Money Problems of Manhattan Real Estate Mogul Tamir Sapir". Forbes.
  4. ^ "The 400 Richest Americans: #160 Tamir Sapir". Forbes. September 21, 2006.