Nathan Saatchi Explained

Birth Date:	24 December 1907
Birth Place:	Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:	31 May 2000 (aged 92)
Death Place:	London, England
Burial Place:	Golders Green Jewish Cemetery
Occupation:	Businessman, textile merchant
Children:	4, including Maurice and Charles

Nathan David Saatchi (24 December 1907 – 31 May 2000) was an Iraqi businessman and textile merchant.

Early life

Saatchi was born on 24 December 1907 into a middle-class Jewish family in Baghdad, then part of the Ottoman Empire.^[1] The name "Saatchi" (sā'ātchi), which means "watchmaker", originates from Ottoman Turkish (Saat: Originally from Arabic, -çi: Turkish suffix meaning maker in context). He later moved to London.^[2]

Career

In Iraq, Saatchi was a textile merchant and imported goods primarily from Manchester. Anticipating the Iraqi government's laws against Jews, he moved to England after World War II, settling in London where he acquired wool and textile factories.^[3]

Personal life

In 1936, he married Daisy Ezair (1920–2000),^[4] and they had four sons, including:

• Charles Saatchi (b. 1943), a co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi;^[5] he is also known for his art collection and for owning Saatchi Gallery.^{[6] [7]}
• Maurice Saatchi (b. 1946), a co-founder of the Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi;^{[8] [9]} he was created a life peer as Baron Saatchi, of Staplefield in the County of West Sussex on 4 October 1996.

Saatchi died on 31 May 2000,^[10] and is buried at Golders Green Jewish Cemetery.^[11]

Notes and References

1. https://jewishjournal.com/news/94/schimmels-summer-school-paul-schimmel-moca/ By Tom Teicholz, June 23, 2006, Schimmel’s Summer School (Paul Schimmel & MOCA)
2. Web site: Nathan Saatchi . . 19 June 2000 . 27 April 2017. subscription.
3. Web site: Nathan Saatchi . www.dangoor.com . 21 May 2024.
4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, p. 3455.
5. News: Sloane . Leonard . THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; Charles Saatchi Is Leaving Agency . 21 May 2024 . . 17 February 1995.
6. News: Vogel . Carol . Saatchi Says He’ll Give Britain His Gallery and Over $37 Million in Art . 21 May 2024 . . 1 July 2010.
7. News: Reyburn . Scott . Big Changes at Britain’s Saatchi Gallery, as Visitor Numbers Slide . 21 May 2024 . . 4 April 2019.
8. News: Elliott . Stuart . THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Maurice Saatchi's breakaway agency snares its initial two accounts from his former company. . 21 May 2024 . . 16 February 1995.
9. News: Elliott . Stuart . M&C Saatchi Buys a Stake in SS&K . 21 May 2024 . . 18 November 2014.
10. News: Nathan Saatchi . 21 May 2024 . . 19 June 2000 . en.
11. Book: Kolsky, Rachel . Rawson, Roslyn . Jewish London . New Holland Publishers . 2012 . 978-1-84773-918-6 . London . 153.