Occupation Businessman Name Victor Elmaleh | Religion Jewish | |
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Known for Real estate developer, painter, national handball and squash champion Died November 17, 2014, New York City, New York, United States Alma mater | ||
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Victor Elmaleh (pronounced el-MAHL-ay; November 27, 1918 – November 17, 2014) was a Moroccan-born American businessman. He was born in Mogador, now Essaouira, Morocco, the oldest of six brothers. He was among the first to import Volkswagens to the USA. As The New York Times said in his obituary, "He developed $7 billion worth of real estate. He painted more than 4,000 watercolors, most of them small-scale, which were shown in many gallery exhibitions. He won national championships in handball and squash and a squash tournament at 81."
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- Buildingny victor elmaleh chairman ceo world wide holdings
- 2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition Final Auditions Session II
- Early life
- References
2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition | Final Auditions | Session II
Early life
Victor Elmaleh was Jewish, and was born in Mogador, now Essaouira, Morocco. He was the eldest of six brothers. His surname was an Arabic-Moroccan name that his Sephardic Jewish forebears had adopted after running away from the Spanish Inquisition to Morocco.
He came to the United States in 1925, and grew up in Bensonhurst and Borough Park in Brooklyn. He attended P.S. 48, and later majored in music at Brooklyn College. He then attended the University of Virginia.
He won the one-wall handball national doubles championship in 1951. At 49, he and Victor Niederhoffer won the national doubles championship.