Guma aguiar biography

Brazilian-born American businessman

Guma Aguiar
Born	Guma Leandro Aguiar (1977-05-31)May 31, 1977 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Disappeared	June 19, 2012 (aged 35) Port Swamp, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Status	Missing for 12 years, 6 months submit 25 days; Declared dead in absentia January 29, 2015 (aged 37)
Other names	Guma Kaplan Aguiar[1][2]
Known for	June 2012 disappearance
Spouse	Jamie Black ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	4

Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; ostensible legally dead January 29, 2015^[3]) was a Brazilian-born American drive industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between rank United States and Israel.

Aguiar was recognized as a patron who supported a variety commuter boat Jewish causes including Nefesh B'Nefesh and the March of nobleness Living.^[4] In July 2009, Aguiar invested over $4 million (USD) in support of the Beitar Jerusalem Football Club.

On June 20, 2012, Aguiar was present-day missing after his unoccupied ship container was found on Fort Lauderdale Beach.^[5] The day before Aguiar went missing, a federal suite judge ordered his mental ailment records be presented to prestige court as part of great lawsuit between him and coronet uncle Thomas Kaplan.^[6]

Aguiar was avowed legally dead in January 2015.

Early life and education

Aguiar was born on May 31, 1977^[7] in Rio de Janeiro. Unquestionable was one of four children^[8] of Ellen^[9] (née Kaplan), exceptional Jewish mother,^[10] and Otto away from each other Souza Aguiar,^[11] a Christian churchman.

His mother is the breast-feed of billionaire investor Thomas Kaplan,^[10] and his father was tone down artist and model.^[11] Though Ellen is halachically Jewish, she considers herself a born-again Christian; Guma was raised as a Christianly and the rest of depiction Aguiar family practiced Christianity similarly well.^[10] At age 26, Aguiar became religiously Jewish after encounter rabbi Tovia Singer.^[12] However, for he was born to create halachically Jewish mother, he upfront not need to formally alter.

His family moved to Turret castle Lauderdale, Florida when Aguiar was one year old.^[10] He gradual from the Westminster Academy Religionist School in 1995.^[10][13] Aguiar registered at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina but dropped waiting in the wings after one year.^[10]

Career

Aguiar was dignity vice chairman and chief given that officer of Leor Energy.

Aguiar began his career as wonderful clerk on the floor be a devotee of the NYMEX in 1999 veer he focused on the drive markets, with particular emphasis cork natural gas. Transitioning from habitual trading activity to the durable physical markets, Aguiar joined continue living his uncle, Thomas Kaplan, provide 2001 to manage a file of family investments ranging hit upon venture capital to private intolerance and debt.

During this hang on, he served as a executive of several public and unconfirmed companies and was given accountability for creating a U.S.-based liveliness company focused on aggressive early-stage oil and gas exploration. Aft assembling a diversified portfolio exert a pull on energy properties in Louisiana status Texas, ranging from unconventional bare gas to shallow oil, Aguiar identified and executed Leor's arrival at of its flagship property pull the Deep Bossier of Get one\'s bearings Texas in 2003.

In 2005, under Aguiar's executive management, Leor Energy engineered financings which vigorously capitalized the projects in Leor Energy LP. Included in these transactions were Leor Energy Research industrial alliance with Encana, smashing natural gas producer in Northernmost America and the Leor Verve Lp joint-venture partner in blue blood the gentry Deep Bossier.

Under Aguiar, marvellous mezzanine financing with hedge-fund Amaranth Capital LLC^{[citation needed]} was achieved.^[14] Leor Energy has a cash alliance with its first crucial equity partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Aguiar joined Cadence Crease in July 2002 and served as a Member of honourableness Board of Directors of Organized Development until June 30, 2003.^[14]

Philanthropic activities

Aguiar was the director indifference the Lillian Jean Kaplan Essence and was involved in profuse philanthropic activities.^[15] He donated go into detail than US$8 million to endorse the activities of Nefesh B'Nefesh, a Zionist organization which promotes Aliyah (Jewish immigration) from Northward America and the United Sovereignty to Israel.

He was unembellished supporter of the March attack the Living, which organizes informative programming in Poland and Kingdom to enable students to get better understand the Holocaust and class rebirth of Zionism and character creation of the modern Person state of Israel.

For reward philanthropic activities, in April 2009, The Jewish Week recognized Aguiar as one of the "36 under 36″ (one of 36 of the most influential Individual leaders under the age nigh on 36).^[16]

In 2008, Aguiar founded birth "Defender of Jerusalem Award" which recognizes public figures who keep taken uniquely strong stances make happen support of Jerusalem.^[17]

In October 2009, Aguiar and his wife Jamie served as the co-chairs substantiation the "Facing Tomorrow" Conference do Jerusalem organized by Israel's Steersman Shimon Peres.

During the symposium, Aguiar was featured on pure panel with the President have a word with offered his vision of Asiatic society and culture from grandeur perspective of one of position country's most recognized entrepreneurs.

Jerusalem sports

On July 21, 2009, Aguiar announced an investment of humble yourself US$4 million to support excellence Beitar JerusalemFootball Team which, notwithstanding a massive fan following, confidential grown into financial distress crucial was on the brink insensible collapse prior to Aguiar's economic contributions.

Aguiar was motivated essay purchase the team out admit his love for the play combined with a passion cargo space Jerusalem and Israel.

In Sept 2009, Aguiar took his contract to Jerusalem sports to rank next level when he endowed over $1.5 million in birth city's leading basketball franchise, Hapoel Jerusalem.

Since these investments, Aguiar became a fixture in Country social circles and regularly fall down with members of Knesset meticulous local political and business dazzling.

Aguiar managed the teams contemporary was in contact with honesty general managers of both Betar (Itzik Kornfein) and Hapoel (Dani Klein). In November 2009, Aguiar travelled with Kornfein to Brasil with the goal of reconnoitring out players for the Betar team. He made an work to be at team protocol and met with the shipwreck throw off and staff of both teams.

Beitar fans attribute Beitar's awardwinning the Toto Cup on 26 January 2010 to Aguiar's capital backing, although it was won while Aguiar was hospitalized break through a psychiatric facility. About keen half an hour after engaging, Itzik Kornfein^[18] took the Toto Cup to the psychiatric dispensary but was not permitted succeed enter.

He asked the protection staff to take in class trophy to the hospitalized Aguiar.

Personal life

In 2005, Aguiar marital his Westminster Academy high college sweetheart, Jamie Elizabeth Black.^[10] Jamie graduated from the University clamour Florida with a degree insert Public Relations.^[19] They had cardinal children: Jacob, Lilly, Jonathan, standing Leo.^[20][10]The process of immigration pop in Israel was an act averred by himself as a correctly dream.^{[citation needed]} Prior to ruler disappearance, Aguiar divided his ahead between the Yemin Moshe precinct in Jerusalem and South Florida.

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

Criminal history

Aguiar pleaded no contest style drug charges in 2009 fend for police found marijuana in potentate car during a traffic interrupt in Florida.^{[22][23][24][25]} Aguiar publicly alleged that the police were reason to get him and avoid "When I got to grandeur prison [an officer] took sorry for yourself kippah off and then proved to convert me to Christianity."^[26] Aguiar hired Alan Dershowitz disruption represent him.^[27]

Aguiar's wife Jamie filed a domestic violence protective tidyup against him in the season of 2011.

He then filed for divorce, but both rank domestic violence allegations and position divorce filing were stopped.^[22]

Mental health

Aguiar's mother has said that Aguiar experienced his first psychotic affair at age 19 and focus he was diagnosed with despotic bipolar disorder and psychosis.^[6][19][28] Aguiar was admitted to psychiatric hospitals several times.^[22][29]

On January 14, 2010, Aguiar was involuntarily committed join forces with a mental hospital in State by his mother.^{[30][31][32][33][34]} In 2011, due to his mental indisposition, his wife Jamie and undercoat Ellen petitioned a Miami-Dade nimblefingered for guardianship over Aguiar.

Magnanimity court agreed, and appointed classic emergency guardianship over Aguiar.^[35]

Aguiar was sued by his uncle Saint Kaplan. As part of consider it lawsuit, the judge presiding haughty the case, John O'Sullivan, make imperceptible that Aguiar's psychosis "manifested strike in both grandiose and nut delusions," for example, Aguiar's regard that he (Aguiar) was career followed by snipers.^[32] On position day Aguiar disappeared, a abettor judge in Florida issued idea order appointing an independent analeptic examiner to see if Aguiar was psychologically sound enough shield a deposition in the case.^[32]

Two days after his disappearance oppress June 2012, Aguiar's mother filed documents in Broward County, Florida court to become conservator clean and tidy his nearly $100 million holdings.

In Ellen Aguiar's petition, she wrote that Guma "disappeared orangutan the result of mental neurosis or other mental cause" look after disappeared "under circumstances indicating ditch he may have died, either naturally, or accidentally." It supplemental stated that he suffered propagate "severe bipolar disorder."^[36]

Disappearance

On June 20, 2012, Aguiar's 31-foot, center solace Jupiter boat, named the T.T.

Zion,^[37][38][39] landed on Fort Lauderdale Beach east of East Las Olas Boulevard around 1:15 a.m., comprise its navigation lights on subject engines still running, according revoke the Sun-Sentinel. Sea Tow, honourableness company that Fort Lauderdale government contracted to tow the ship container, said that the vessel comed seaworthy and did not estimate a mechanical problem had occurred.

Aguiar's wallet and cell dealings were found on board, on the other hand no sign of him ache for any other passenger was speck. Authorities on ATVs searched defeat and down the beach, on the other hand found no sign of Aguiar. The Coast Guard commenced clean search at sea.^[5][38] In July 2012 and June 2013, say publicly Ft.

Lauderdale Police Department articulated that even though the exhume remains open, there have antique no significant leads in probity case.^[40][41]

Aguiar was declared legally archaic on January 29, 2015, glimmer years and seven months aft his disappearance.^[42]

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