# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nessim-gaon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:40:51.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nessim-gaon"
name: "Nessim Gaon"
slug: "nessim-gaon"
description: "Nessim David Gaon was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as Noga SA. Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He was also a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel."
tagline: "Sudanese-Swiss businessman (1922-2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1922-02-22"
deathDate: "2022-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.47
  momentum:             1.964285714285714
  historical:           6.559793333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Гаон, Нисим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نسيم جاعون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نسيم جاعون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessim_Gaon"
    title: "Nessim Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessim_Gaon"
    title: "Nessim Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessim_Gaon"
    title: "Nessim Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "נסים גאון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2444929"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump