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Gilbert de Botton
Egyptian-Israeli-Swiss financial pioneer (1935–2000)
Gilbert de Botton (16 February 1935 – 27 August 2000) was an Egyptian-Israeli-Swiss financial pioneer, who is considered the inventor of the open architecture model of asset management,[3] whereby a financial institution offers third-party products to their clients.[4] He was also a prominent art collector.[5]
Early life
Gilbert de Botton was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a distinguished Sephardic Jewish family.
Among his ancestors was the rabbinical scholar Abraham de Boton.
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Gilbert was brought up largely by his mother's parents. His mother Yolande Harmer, a journalist and Israeli intelligence officer, died in 1959. He also saw little of his father, who was an oil company representative.[6]
De Botton was educated at Victoria College, Alexandria; the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he studied economics; and Columbia University in the US, where he earned a m