Wikipedia's first sentence called it “swiss financier who created the noga company”. Today it says “sudan -born swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as noga sa”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Nessim David Gaon ( Arabic : نسيم جاعون , 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022) 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 . ניסים גאון, מחשובי המנהיגים היהודיים, הלך אמש לעולמו בג׳נבה (in Hebrew) Schneiderman, Harry ; Carmin, Itzhak J., eds. Who's who in World Jewry .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nessim Gaon ( , pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum , Sudan ) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga company. Outside the business world, he has been very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He has also been a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Nessim Gaon ( , pronounced NEE-SEEM GAH-OHN) (born 1922, in Khartoum , Sudan ) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga SA . Outside the business world, he has been very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He has also been a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Nessim Gaon ( , ) (born 1922, in Khartoum , Sudan ) is a Swiss financier who created the Noga SA . Outside the business world, he has been very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He has also been a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Swiss financier (1922–2022) Nessim David Gaon ( , ; 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022) 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 . ניסים גאון, מחשובי המנהיגים היהודיים, הלך אמש לעולמו בג׳נבה (in Hebrew) Schneiderman, Harry ; Carmin, Itzhak J., eds.Who's who in World Jewry .
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Then
swiss financier who created the noga company
Now
sudan -born swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as noga sa
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