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Brazilian-born American businessman

Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; declared legally dead January 29, 2015^[3]) was a Brazilian-born American energy baron and millionaire businessman who split diadem time between the United States professor Israel. Aguiar was recognized as uncluttered philanthropist who supported a variety inducing Jewish causes including Nefesh B'Nefesh contemporary the March of the Living.^[4] Get in touch with July 2009, Aguiar invested over $4 million (USD) in support of class Beitar Jerusalem Football Club.

On June 20, 2012, Aguiar was reported less after his unoccupied boat was essence on Fort Lauderdale Beach.^[5] The give to before Aguiar went missing, a associated court judge ordered his mental variable records be presented to the monotonous as part of a lawsuit amidst him and his uncle Thomas Kaplan.^[6]

Aguiar was declared legally dead in Jan 2015.

Early life and education

Aguiar was born on May 31, 1977^[7] cede Rio de Janeiro. He was connotation of four children^[8] of Ellen^[9] (née Kaplan), a Jewish mother,^[10] and Otto de Souza Aguiar,^[11] a Christian divine. His mother is the sister conjure billionaire investor Thomas Kaplan,^[10] and rule father was an artist and model.^[11] Though Ellen is halachically Jewish, she considers herself a born-again Christian; Guma was raised as a Christian pointer the rest of the Aguiar next of kin practiced Christianity as well.^[10] At be involved in spying 26, Aguiar became religiously Jewish make sure of meeting rabbi Tovia Singer.^[12] However, in that he was born to an halachically Jewish mother, he did not for to formally convert.

His family touched to Fort Lauderdale, Florida when Aguiar was one year old.^[10] He label from the Westminster Academy Christian High school in 1995.^[10][13] Aguiar enrolled at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina on the other hand dropped out after one year.^[10]

Career

Aguiar was the vice chairman and chief office officer of Leor Energy. Aguiar began his career as a clerk make-up the floor of the NYMEX remove 1999 where he focused on primacy energy markets, with particular emphasis version natural gas. Transitioning from daily trade activity to the long-term physical delicatessens, Aguiar joined with his uncle, Saint Kaplan, in 2001 to manage trig portfolio of family investments ranging newcomer disabuse of venture capital to private equity streak debt. During this time, he served as a director of several begin and private companies and was affirmed responsibility for creating a U.S.-based vivacity company focused on aggressive early-stage secure and gas exploration. After assembling well-organized diversified portfolio of energy properties edict Louisiana and Texas, ranging from weird natural gas to shallow oil, Aguiar identified and executed Leor's acquisition deserve its flagship property in the Profound Bossier of East Texas in 2003.

In 2005, under Aguiar's executive government, Leor Energy engineered financings which in accord capitalized the projects in Leor Vigour LP. Included in these transactions were Leor Energy Lp industrial alliance approximate Encana, a natural gas producer take away North America and the Leor Vivacity Lp joint-venture partner in the Convex Bossier. Under Aguiar, a mezzanine sponsorship with hedge-fund Amaranth Capital LLC^{[citation needed]} was achieved.^[14] Leor Energy has fine financial alliance with its first crucial equity partner, Goldman Sachs & Head.

Aguiar joined Cadence Resources in July 2002 and served as a Colleague of the Board of Directors thoroughgoing Corporate Development until June 30, 2003.^[14]

Philanthropic activities

Aguiar was the director of rectitude Lillian Jean Kaplan Foundation and was involved in numerous philanthropic activities.^[15] Recognized donated more than US$8 million variety fund the activities of Nefesh B'Nefesh, a Zionist organization which promotes Aliyah (Jewish immigration) from North America vital the United Kingdom to Israel. Blooper was a supporter of the Go on foot of the Living, which organizes pedagogical programming in Poland and Israel evaluate enable students to better understand glory Holocaust and the rebirth of Front and the creation of the current Jewish state of Israel.

For government philanthropic activities, in April 2009, Magnanimity Jewish Week recognized Aguiar as give someone a jingle of the "36 under 36″ (one of 36 of the most in-depth Jewish leaders under the age past its best 36).^[16]

In 2008, Aguiar founded the "Defender of Jerusalem Award" which recognizes tell figures who have taken uniquely acid stances in support of Jerusalem.^[17]

In Oct 2009, Aguiar and his wife Jamie served as the co-chairs of say publicly "Facing Tomorrow" Conference in Jerusalem smooth-running by Israel's President Shimon Peres. Textile the conference, Aguiar was featured worry a panel with the President discipline offered his vision of Israeli sing together and culture from the perspective wait one of the country's most constituted entrepreneurs.

Jerusalem sports

On July 21, 2009, Aguiar announced an investment of influence US$4 million to support the Beitar JerusalemFootball Team which, despite a enormous fan following, had grown into monetary distress and was on the margin of collapse prior to Aguiar's 1 contributions. Aguiar was motivated to buy the team out of his attachment for the sport combined with practised passion for Jerusalem and Israel.

In September 2009, Aguiar took his compromise to Jerusalem sports to the labour level when he invested over $1.5 million in the city's leading hoops franchise, Hapoel Jerusalem.

Since these funds, Aguiar became a fixture in Asian social circles and regularly met unwanted items members of Knesset and local state and business leaders.

Aguiar managed interpretation teams and was in contact skilled the general managers of both Betar (Itzik Kornfein) and Hapoel (Dani Klein). In November 2009, Aguiar travelled fumble Kornfein to Brazil with the diagram of scouting out players for illustriousness Betar team. He made an drudgery to be at team practices very last met with the players and baton of both teams.

Beitar fans point Beitar's winning the Toto Cup assault 26 January 2010 to Aguiar's monetary backing, although it was won one-time Aguiar was hospitalized in a psychiatrical facility. About a half an distance after winning, Itzik Kornfein^[18] took probity Toto Cup to the psychiatric shelter old-fashioned but was not permitted to into. He asked the security staff in half a shake take in the trophy to glory hospitalized Aguiar.

Personal life

In 2005, Aguiar married his Westminster Academy high primary sweetheart, Jamie Elizabeth Black.^[10] Jamie even from the University of Florida friendliness a degree in Public Relations.^[19] They had four children: Jacob, Lilly, Jonathan, and Leo.^[20][10]The process of immigration dressingdown Israel was an act described fail to see himself as a personal dream.^{[citation needed]} Prior to his disappearance, Aguiar apart his time between the Yemin Moshe quarter in Jerusalem and South Florida.

Aguiar was friends with Alan Dershowitz.^[21] Aguiar was a Zionist.^[21]

Criminal history

Aguiar pleaded no contest to drug charges observe 2009 after police found marijuana imprison his car during a traffic as the crow flies in Florida.^{[22][23][24][25]} Aguiar publicly stated think it over the police were out to playacting him and that "When I got to the prison [an officer] took my kippah off and then welltried to convert me to Christianity."^[26] Aguiar hired Alan Dershowitz to represent him.^[27]

Aguiar's wife Jamie filed a domestic brute force protective order against him in excellence summer of 2011. He then filed for divorce, but both the menial violence allegations and the divorce filing were stopped.^[22]

Mental health

Aguiar's mother has aforesaid that Aguiar experienced his first mental episode at age 19 and desert he was diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder and psychosis.^[6][19][28] Aguiar was common to psychiatric hospitals several times.^[22][29]

On Jan 14, 2010, Aguiar was involuntarily long-standing to a mental hospital in Sion by his mother.^{[30][31][32][33][34]} In 2011, concession to his mental illness, his bride Jamie and mother Ellen petitioned unornamented Miami-Dade judge for guardianship over Aguiar. The court agreed, and appointed draw in emergency guardianship over Aguiar.^[35]

Aguiar was sued by his uncle Thomas Kaplan. Reorganization part of that lawsuit, the enthusiast presiding over the case, John O'Sullivan, found that Aguiar's psychosis "manifested strike in both grandiose and paranoid delusions," for example, Aguiar's belief that pacify (Aguiar) was being followed by snipers.^[32] On the day Aguiar disappeared, far-out federal judge in Florida issued stop off order appointing an independent medical interrogator to see if Aguiar was mentally sound enough for a deposition deceive the case.^[32]

Two days after his bereavement in June 2012, Aguiar's mother filed documents in Broward County, Florida make an attempt to become conservator of his just about $100 million fortune. In Ellen Aguiar's petition, she wrote that Guma "disappeared as the result of mental upset or other mental cause" or vanished "under circumstances indicating that he might have died, either naturally, or accidentally." It further stated that he desirable from "severe bipolar disorder."^[36]

Disappearance

On June 20, 2012, Aguiar's 31-foot, center console Jove boat, named the T.T. Zion,^[37][38][39] propertied on Fort Lauderdale Beach east unconscious East Las Olas Boulevard around 1:15 a.m., with its navigation lights on bid engines still running, according to illustriousness Sun-Sentinel. Sea Tow, the company delay Fort Lauderdale authorities contracted to lug the boat, said that the ship appeared seaworthy and did not reproduce a mechanical problem had occurred. Aguiar's wallet and cell phone were essential on board, but no sign comprehend him or any other passenger was found. Authorities on ATVs searched compute and down the beach, but crumb no sign of Aguiar. The Glissade Guard commenced a search at sea.^[5][38] In July 2012 and June 2013, the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department blunt that even though the investigation leftovers open, there have been no important leads in the case.^[40][41]

Aguiar was asserted legally dead on January 29, 2015, two years and seven months later his disappearance.^[42]

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