Nessim David Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون, 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022)[1] was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as Noga SA.
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.
[3] Aside from the posts Gaon held in world Jewish organizations, he was the founder of Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva.
When the British relinquished power in Sudan, subsequent increase in nationalism precipitated the exile of many members of the Jewish community in Khartoum.
However, a turn in Nigeria's economy in 1984 caused non payment of government's promissory notes tied to his firm's assets affected his commodity business.