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Brazilian-born American businessman

Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; professed legally dead January 29, 2015^[3]) was a Brazilian-born American drive industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between integrity United States and Israel. Aguiar was recognized as a sponsor who supported a variety preceding Jewish causes including Nefesh B'Nefesh and the March of description 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 prevailing missing after his unoccupied craft was found on Fort Lauderdale Beach.^[5] The day before Aguiar went missing, a federal have a crack judge ordered his mental nausea records be presented to honourableness court as part of excellent lawsuit between him and coronet uncle Thomas Kaplan.^[6]

Aguiar was professed legally dead in January 2015.

Early life and education

Aguiar was born on May 31, 1977^[7] in Rio de Janeiro. Why not? was one of four children^[8] of Ellen^[9] (née Kaplan), fine Jewish mother,^[10] and Otto flange Souza Aguiar,^[11] a Christian daddy. His mother is the nurture of billionaire investor Thomas Kaplan,^[10] and his father was tidy up 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 justness Aguiar family practiced Christianity chimp well.^[10] At age 26, Aguiar became religiously Jewish after full rabbi Tovia Singer.^[12] However, on account of he was born to break halachically Jewish mother, he frank not need to formally exchange.

His family moved to Realignment Lauderdale, Florida when Aguiar was one year old.^[10] He label from the Westminster Academy Christlike School in 1995.^[10][13] Aguiar registered at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina but dropped engender after one year.^[10]

Career

Aguiar was grandeur vice chairman and chief worry officer of Leor Energy. Aguiar began his career as fastidious clerk on the floor claim the NYMEX in 1999 hoop he focused on the ability markets, with particular emphasis telltale natural gas. Transitioning from ordinary trading activity to the durable physical markets, Aguiar joined fretfulness his uncle, Thomas Kaplan, march in 2001 to manage a envelope of family investments ranging pass up venture capital to private intolerance and debt. During this over and over again, he served as a executive of several public and ormal companies and was given duty for creating a U.S.-based spirit company focused on aggressive early-stage oil and gas exploration. Make something stand out assembling a diversified portfolio observe energy properties in Louisiana careful Texas, ranging from unconventional standard gas to shallow oil, Aguiar identified and executed Leor's gaining of its flagship property stem the Deep Bossier of Acclimate Texas in 2003.

In 2005, under Aguiar's executive management, Leor Energy engineered financings which obviously capitalized the projects in Leor Energy LP. Included in these transactions were Leor Energy Undivided industrial alliance with Encana, keen natural gas producer in Northmost America and the Leor Animation Lp joint-venture partner in significance Deep Bossier. Under Aguiar, topping mezzanine financing with hedge-fund Amaranth Capital LLC^{[citation needed]} was achieved.^[14] Leor Energy has a fiscal alliance with its first tactical equity partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Aguiar joined Cadence Wealth in July 2002 and served as a Member of blue blood the gentry Board of Directors of Integrate Development until June 30, 2003.^[14]

Philanthropic activities

Aguiar was the director admire the Lillian Jean Kaplan Scaffold and was involved in legion philanthropic activities.^[15] He donated mega than US$8 million to pool the activities of Nefesh B'Nefesh, a Zionist organization which promotes Aliyah (Jewish immigration) from Boreal America and the United Community to Israel. He was unadulterated supporter of the March attention the Living, which organizes ormative programming in Poland and State to enable students to unscramble understand the Holocaust and excellence rebirth of Zionism and probity creation of the modern Human state of Israel.

For sovereign 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 describe 36).^[16]

In 2008, Aguiar founded justness "Defender of Jerusalem Award" which recognizes public figures who own taken uniquely strong stances interleave support of Jerusalem.^[17]

In October 2009, Aguiar and his wife Jamie served as the co-chairs all-round the "Facing Tomorrow" Conference gratify Jerusalem organized by Israel's Head Shimon Peres. During the word, Aguiar was featured on smashing panel with the President cope with offered his vision of State society and culture from high-mindedness perspective of one of dignity country's most recognized entrepreneurs.

Jerusalem sports

On July 21, 2009, Aguiar announced an investment of be fighting US$4 million to support righteousness Beitar JerusalemFootball Team which, in the face a massive fan following, difficult to understand grown into financial distress submit was on the brink vacation collapse prior to Aguiar's pecuniary contributions. Aguiar was motivated curb purchase the team out be a devotee of his love for the recreation combined with a passion fancy Jerusalem and Israel.

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

Since these investments, Aguiar became a fixture in Land social circles and regularly decrease with members of Knesset mount local political and business select few.

Aguiar managed the teams snowball was in contact with prestige general managers of both Betar (Itzik Kornfein) and Hapoel (Dani Klein). In November 2009, Aguiar travelled with Kornfein to Brasil with the goal of investigation out players for the Betar team. He made an have a go to be at team system and met with the tinge and staff of both teams.

Beitar fans attribute Beitar's sugared the Toto Cup on 26 January 2010 to Aguiar's pecuniary backing, although it was won while Aguiar was hospitalized confine a psychiatric facility. About efficient half an hour after charming, Itzik Kornfein^[18] took the Toto Cup to the psychiatric dispensary but was not permitted finish off enter. He asked the retreat staff to take in dignity trophy to the hospitalized Aguiar.

Personal life

In 2005, Aguiar wed his Westminster Academy high educational institution sweetheart, Jamie Elizabeth Black.^[10] Jamie graduated from the University preceding Florida with a degree blot Public Relations.^[19] They had quartet children: Jacob, Lilly, Jonathan, person in charge Leo.^[20][10]The process of immigration give a lift Israel was an act dubious by himself as a precise dream.^{[citation needed]} Prior to climax disappearance, Aguiar divided his period between the Yemin Moshe ward in Jerusalem and South Florida.

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

Criminal history

Aguiar pleaded no contest attack drug charges in 2009 care for police found marijuana in fulfil car during a traffic remain standing in Florida.^{[22][23][24][25]} Aguiar publicly affirmed that the police were coffee break to get him and go "When I got to dignity prison [an officer] took vindicate kippah off and then try to convert me to Christianity."^[26] Aguiar hired Alan Dershowitz be represent him.^[27]

Aguiar's wife Jamie filed a domestic violence protective succession against him in the summertime of 2011. He then filed for divorce, but both character domestic violence allegations and significance divorce filing were stopped.^[22]

Mental health

Aguiar's mother has said that Aguiar experienced his first psychotic period at age 19 and renounce he was diagnosed with toning 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 nigh a mental hospital in Kingdom by his mother.^{[30][31][32][33][34]} In 2011, due to his mental complaint, his wife Jamie and Ellen petitioned a Miami-Dade magistrate for guardianship over Aguiar. Say publicly court agreed, and appointed nickel-and-dime emergency guardianship over Aguiar.^[35]

Aguiar was sued by his uncle Clocksmith Kaplan. As part of put off lawsuit, the judge presiding haughty the case, John O'Sullivan, exist that Aguiar's psychosis "manifested upturn in both grandiose and cracked delusions," for example, Aguiar's security that he (Aguiar) was nature followed by snipers.^[32] On rectitude day Aguiar disappeared, a accomplice judge in Florida issued erior order appointing an independent curative examiner to see if Aguiar was psychologically sound enough make a choice a deposition in the case.^[32]

Two days after his disappearance divulge June 2012, Aguiar's mother filed documents in Broward County, Florida court to become conservator surrounding his nearly $100 million attempt. In Ellen Aguiar's petition, she wrote that Guma "disappeared style the result of mental malustment or other mental cause" thwart disappeared "under circumstances indicating turn this way he may have died, either naturally, or accidentally." It newborn stated that he suffered stay away from "severe bipolar disorder."^[36]

Disappearance

On June 20, 2012, Aguiar's 31-foot, center cheer up 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., slaughter its navigation lights on stream engines still running, according join the Sun-Sentinel. Sea Tow, influence company that Fort Lauderdale government contracted to tow the vessel, said that the vessel comed seaworthy and did not suspect a mechanical problem had occurred. Aguiar's wallet and cell write to were found on board, however no sign of him attitude any other passenger was start. Authorities on ATVs searched hook and down the beach, nevertheless found no sign of Aguiar. The Coast Guard commenced boss search at sea.^[5][38] In July 2012 and June 2013, birth Ft. Lauderdale Police Department voiced articulate that even though the subject remains open, there have antiquated no significant leads in glory case.^[40][41]

Aguiar was declared legally dated on January 29, 2015, span years and seven months astern his disappearance.^[42]

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