Raphael Recanati

Raphael Recanati (; 1924–1999) was a Greek-born Israeli-American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of the Overseas Shipholding Group. He was the chairman of the Israel Discount Bank from 1982 to 1986.

Early life and education Recanati was born in Salonika, Greece, the son of Leon Yehuda Recanati. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1935, where he was educated.

Career Recanati founded the Israel-America Shipping Line, later known as the Overseas Shipholding Group, in 1948. By then, the bank had an office in New York City. He was convicted and sentenced to an eight-month sentence

Personal life Recanati married to Dina Hettena in 1946. He was seventy-five years old.

Philanthropy Recanati made large charitable contributions to the Beth Israel Medical Center, a hospital based in New York City where the Recanati Cardiology Research Fund and the Recanati/Horowitz Cardiology Diagnostic Research Fund was named in his honor. Further donations went to the UJA-Federation of New York.

In Israel, Recanati served on the boards of trustees of the Weizmann Institute of Science, the American Friends of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the American Friends of Tel Aviv University, where he endowed the Recanati School of Business. The Raphael Recanati International School at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya was named in his honor.