Isaac Saba Raffoul (October 17, 1923 – July 27, 2008) was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent;[1] his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business[2] 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.
[3] He had been married to wife Rebecca for over 40 years and had three sons: Moises, Manuel and Alberto.
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.