| Khedouri Zilkha | |
| Birth Date: | 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality: | Iraqi |
| Occupation: | Banker |
| Spouse: | Louise (Bashi) Zilkha |
| Children: | Ezra Zilkha Selim Zilkha Maurice Zilkha Abdullah Zilkha Helene Zilkha Hanina Zilkha Bertie Zilkha |
| Parents: | Aboudi Zilkha Hannah Shasha |
Khedouri Aboody Zilkha (1884–1956) was an Iraqi-Jewish banker.
Khedouri Zilkha was born in Baghdad in 1884[1] (or 1886), the only son of the textile merchant Aboudi Zilkha (1862–1904).
He started as a banker in Baghdad in 1902, founding Zilkha Bank, and gradually expanded to Beirut (Banque Zilkha), Damascus, Cairo, Alexandria, Geneva, New York, Paris and the Far East.[2]
In 1941 or 1942, he emigrated to New York and died there in 1956.
He married Louise (Bashi) Zilkha[3] and had four sons and three daughters:
His son Ezra was an American financier and philanthropist. His son Selim was a British entrepreneur who founded the large Mothercare chain. His son Abdullah ran an investment bank in Zurich named Ufitec. His son Maurice was an Egyptian banker.[4]
His son Ezra established in his father's memory the Khedouri Zilkha Fund for the Study of the History of Jewish Civilization in the Near East at Princeton University.[5] The fund supports a professorship, the current holder of which is Marina Rustow and past holders Mark R. Cohen and Abraham Udovitch.[6]