David Joshua Azrieli, ( he, דוד יהושע עזריאלי; 10 May 1922 – 9 July 2014) was an
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Canadian
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real estate
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tycoon
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,
developer,
designer
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,
architect
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, and
philanthropist
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. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion as of March 2013, Azrieli was ranked by
Forbes
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as the ninth wealthiest Canadian and 401st in the world.