Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mexican businessman of syrian-lebanese jewish origin”. Today it says “mexican businessman of syrian jewish descent”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish and Lebanese descent ; his father emigrated from Aleppo , Syria to Veracruz , Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes magazine . He had been married with wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto.1 He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba . There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa , upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly. After his death in 2008, his two youngest sons Alberto and Manuel inherited the ownership of the company. Forbes . : CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) "El Financiero en línea" (in Spanish).2 "Cuando la sucesión generacional no funciona en las empresas" (in Spanish) .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian-Lebanese Jewish origin; his father emigrated from Aleppo , Syria to Veracruz , Mexico where he started a rag business and was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes Magazine . He had been married with wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto. He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba . There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa , upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly. El delito fiscal de Isaac Saba El Financiero en línea
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian origin ; his father emigrated from Aleppo , Syria to Veracruz , Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes magazine . He had been married with wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto. He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba . There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa , upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly. El delito fiscal de Isaac Saba El Financiero en línea
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Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent; his father emigrated from Aleppo , Syria to Veracruz , Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes magazine. He had been married with wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto. He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba . There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa , upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly. After his death in 2008, his two youngest sons Alberto and Manuel inherited the ownership of the company. "Cuando la sucesión generacional no funciona en las empresas" (in Spanish) .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent; his father emigrated from Aleppo , Syria to Veracruz , Mexico where he started a rag business which the family built on. Isaac Saba Raffoul was one of the wealthiest persons in the world according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $2.1 billion.He had been married to wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto. He was the president of Grupo Xtra and chairman of Casa Saba . There has been a controversy surrounding him since he teamed up with General Electric Mexico to open up a new nationwide television channel. TV Azteca and Televisa , upon hearing this, accused him of monopolizing medicine prices in an attempt to discredit him. According to El Financiero, there is no such monopoly. After his death in 2008, his two youngest sons Alberto and Manuel inherited the ownership of the company. "Cuando la sucesión generacional no funciona en las empresas" (in Spanish) .
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mexican businessman of syrian-lebanese jewish origin
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mexican businessman of syrian jewish descent
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