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Wiesel may refer to: People *Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Romanian-born American novelist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, philosopher, humanitarian, and Holocaust survivor * Elisha Wiesel (born 1972), American chief information officer of Goldman Sachs; hedge fund manager of the Niche Plus; son of Elie Wiesel * Emíl Wíesel (1866–1943), Russian-German painter and arts curator *Marion Wiesel (1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator * Oscar Wiesel (1864–1918), Russian-German diplomat, Norway researcher, founder of Saami collection of Russian Museum of Ethnography (Saint-Petersburg) *Torsten Wiesel (born 1924), Swedish medical researcher, Nobel Prize in Medicine co-laureate, campaigner for human rights Transportation * IWL SR 56 ''Wiesel'', an East German 1950s motor scooter *Wiesel AWC, a German armored fighting vehicle Other * Wiesel, Netherlands is a settlement in the Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates#1980, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel bibliography, 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including ''Night (memoir), Night'', which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camp, Buchenwald during the Holocaust. As a political activist, Wiesel became a regular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime, advocating for justice in numerous causes around the globe, including that of Refusenik, Soviet Jews and Beta Israel, Ethiopian Jews, Apartheid, South African apartheid, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian genocide, the War in Darfur, the Kurdish independence movement, the Armenian genocide, Argentina's Enforced disappearance#Argentina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha Wiesel
Shlomo Elisha Wiesel (born June 6, 1972) is an American businessman, hedge fund manager, social activist, and philanthropist. He worked for Goldman Sachs for 25 years, serving as its chief information officer for three years, until 2019. He currently co-runs the Niche Plus multi-manager hedge fund, the first fund of ClearAlpha Technologies, where he is a founding partner and the chief risk officer. He is also the chairman of Israeli fintech start-up vendor management firm entrio, and on the board of directors of American financial data and software company FactSet. In addition, he is the chairman of the board of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, which he is seeking to "reboot." He is the only child of Holocaust survivor, author, professor, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel. Early and personal life Shlomo Elisha Wiesel (who goes by his middle name Elisha) was born in 1972. He was named Shlomo Elisha, after his paternal grandfather, Shlomo, who died at age 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many international financial centers. Goldman Sachs is the second-largest investment bank in the world by revenue and is ranked 55th on the ''Fortune'' 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. In the Forbes Global 2000 of 2024, Goldman Sachs ranked 23rd. It is considered a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Board. Goldman Sachs offers services in investment banking (advisory for mergers and acquisitions and restructuring), securities underwriting, prime brokerage, asset management, and wealth management. It is a market maker for many types of financial products and provides clearing and custodian bank services. It operates private-equity funds and hedge funds. It structures complex and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Wiesel
Emíl Wíesel (1 March 1866, Saint-Petersburg – 2 May 1943, Leningrad) – a painter, museum curator and a board member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Russia (since 1914), organizer of international art exhibitions, councilor of Hermitage and Russian museum and Legion of Honor holder. During soviet times he was an expert in Russian and Western fine arts and sculpture in the Glavnauka (central administrative board of science, science-artistic and museum institutions) museum department. Family Emil Oskarovich Wiesel (Wiesel Emil Anton Joseph) – baron, the son of Acting State Councilor (rank in civil service in pre-1917 Russia), descended from the German-Austrian Wiesel family. Father – Oskar Borisovich Wiesel (Wiesel Oscar Sigismund), born in Russia in 1826, graduated from Prince Bezborodko's Gymnasium of Higher Learning in Nizhyn (nowadays Nizhyn Gogol State University), worked in the Russian Ministry of Finance, repeatedly visited Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris on behalf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Wiesel
Marion Rose Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; January 27, 1931 – February 2, 2025) was an Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator. She was married to author and fellow Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 14 of whose books she translated from French into English. The most important of them was her translation of his book ''Night (memoir), Night'', based on his Holocaust experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camp, Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps. In 2001, she was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by U.S. president Bill Clinton, and in 2007 she was named a ''Legion of Honour, Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur'' by French president Jacques Chirac. Early life and education Wiesel was born Mary Renate Erster in Vienna, Austria, on January 27, 1931. Her mother, Jetta (Hubel) Erster, chose the name Mary out of a love of Americana (culture), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Wiesel
Oscar Wiesel (20 August 1864 in Saint-Petersburg – 27 September 1918 in Geneva) — Diplomat, Norway researcher, founder of Saami collection of Russian Museum of Ethnography (Saint-Petersburg), Acting State Councillor. Family Oscar Wiesel descended from the German-Austrian Wiesel family. Father – Oskar Borisovich Wiesel (Wiesel Oscar Sigismund), was born in Russia in 1826, graduated from Prince Bezborodko's Gymnasium of Higher Learning in Nizhyn (currently Nizhyn Gogol State University), worked in the Russian Ministry of Finance, repeatedly visited Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris on behalf of Tsars Alexander II and Alexander III, Acting State Councillor. Mother – Marie Christine de Pointin was born in 1835. Her father Fransois de Pointin who had family roots from the French province of Picardy was born at Louis XVIII of France, Louis XVIII's court in exile in Warsaw. He was notable for building the silver iconostasis of the Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Kazan Cathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
