Maurice Zilkha Explained

Maurice Zilkha
Birth Name:Maurice Khedouri Zilkha
Birth Date:1918
Birth Place:Baghdad, Iraq
Death Place:New York City, U.S.
Citizenship:Italian
Occupation:banker
Spouse:Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha
Children:Doris and Philippe
Parents:Khedouri Zilkha
Relatives:Selim Zilkha (brother)
Ezra Zilkha (brother)
Abdullah Zilkha (brother)

Maurice K. Zilkha (1918-1964) was an Iraqi banker.

Early life

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

Career

He was managing director of Banque Zilkha in Egypt until the family's Egyptian assets were confiscated in 1956 by Gamel Abdel Nasser's government.[1]

In 1956, Zilkha left from Egypt and became an Italian citizen. He died in 1964 at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City after a short illness.

Personal life

He was survived by his wife Helene Paraskeviadias Zilkha, their daughter Doris of Paris, France and Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland; their son, Philippe; as well as his three brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Simon and Mrs. Hanina Shasha (wife of Alfred Aboud Shasha), both of New York.

Notes and References

  1. News: MAURICE ZILKHA, FINANCIER DEAD. New York Times. 28 May 1964. 25 November 2015.