Portrait of Ezra Nahmad

Rank #1929

Ezra Nahmad

Net worth $1.8B

Art · Monaco

Born
Jul 31, 1945
Age
80
Source
Art
Residence
Monte Carlo
Citizenship
Monaco
Marital status
Children
4
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Together with brother David, Ezra Nahmad is an international megadealer of modern and impressionist art, which they trade mostly at auction.
  • The two own an inventory worth an estimated $3.5 billion that they store in a duty-free warehouse next to the airport in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Their stockpile includes works by more than 30 blue chip artists, from Monet and Matisse to Renoir and Rothko.
  • Among their holdings: 300 Picassos, worth at least $1 billion.
  • Ezra's sons Hillel and Joe run art galleries in London. Their American cousins, also named Hillel and Joe, run galleries in New York.
  • Though Ezra and David attend auctions together, Ezra keeps a low profile and never talks to the press, unlike his voluble brother.