9 ICYMI: The rise and fall of the opium-fueled Sassoon dynasty, the ‘Rothschilds of the East’ In 'Sassoon,' Prof. Joseph Sassoon tells how his distant family of Baghdadi Jews fled to India and built an empire on the legal narcotics trade, hobnobbing with the British royals (www.timesofisrael.com) posted 1 year ago by Lippy68 1 year ago by Lippy68 +9 / -0 The rise and fall of the opium-fueled Sassoon dynasty, the ‘Rothschilds of the East’ In 'Sassoon,' Prof. Joseph Sassoon tells how his distant family of Baghdadi Jews fled to India and built an empire on the legal narcotics trade, hobnobbing with the British royals 6 comments share 6 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Anyone old enough to remember VIDAL SASSOON, the salon and hair product guy/company from the 80’s ? He was part of this family, no kidding, look it up.