The Carasso family (also spelled Karasu, Karaso, Karassu, Karsu, Karso , Carrasco and Karasso) was a prominent
Sephardic Jewish family in
Ottoman Selanik
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(modern Thessaloniki, Greece). In the early 20th century, some members of the family were active in the
Young Turks and others went on to found the modern
yogurt
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industry.
Notable members of the family include:
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Emmanuel Carasso or Emanuel Karasu (1862–1934) was a lawyer and politician, and prominent member of the Young Turks. His name was Turkified as Emanuel Karasu 'black water'.
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Isaac Carasso
Isaac Carasso (1874 – 19 April 1939) was a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso (Karasu) family of Ottoman Salonica (modern Thessaloniki, Greece). After emigrating to Barcelona, he started a yogurt factory which later became Grou ...
(1874–1939) emigrated to Barcelona, where he founded the yogurt company that became
Groupe Danone
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Air and aviation groups
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.
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Daniel Carasso Daniel Carasso (December 16, 1905 – May 17, 2009) was a French American member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family and the son of Isaac Carasso, founder of the (now) multinational Danone.
Biography
Carasso, son of Isaac Carasso, wa ...
(1905–2009), Isaac's son, took over the family business in Spain and established Danone in France and the United States and built the company up to Groupe Danone.
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Albert Karasu or Carasso (1885–1982), founder of the French-language Istanbul newspaper ''Le Journal d'Orient''.
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Jewish families
Sephardi families
Jews from Thessaloniki