Maurice Tempelsman ( born August 26, 1929 ) is a Belgian American businessman and diamond merchant.

Tempelsman is multilingual and has interests in the fields of history, archaeology, sailing, and visual arts.

His daughter, Rena, is the widow of Robert Speisman, an executive vice president of Tempelsman ’ s company who was on board American Airlines Flight 77, when the aircraft crashed into The Pentagon during the September 11 attacks.

At Onassis ’ s funeral service, Tempelsman read Constantine P. Cavafy ’ s poem Ithaka, one of her favorites, and concluded by saying: " And now the journey is over, too short, alas, too short.

He is also a general partner of Leon Tempelsman & Son, an investment company specializing in real estate and venture capital.

Tempelsman is a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation, and a director of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the Center for National Policy, the Business Council for International Understanding, and the US-Russia Business Council.

Tempelsman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was named a Visitor to the Department of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Pilgrim has been divorced since 1990 and is currently is in a relationship with Maurice Tempelsman.

Tempelsman served as chairman of the Corporate Council on Africa ( CCA ) from 1999 to 2002, when he was named chairman emeritus.

Tempelsman was a board member of the Southern African Enterprise Development Fund, and past chairman and current board member of The Africa-America Institute.

Tempelsman was born in 1929 in Antwerp, Belgium, to a Yiddish-speaking, Orthodox Jewish family in Antwerp ’ s Jewish community.

In 1940, Tempelsman and his family emigrated to the United States to escape persecution by Nazi Germany during World War II.

When he was 16, Tempelsman began working for his father, a diamond broker.

Tempelsman has three grown children by his estranged wife, Lilly Bucholz.

Tempelsman was the longtime companion of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady of the United States.

In 1982, Tempelsman moved into Onassis ’ s Fifth Avenue penthouse apartment in New York City.

During their relationship, Tempelsman handled Onassis ’ s finances, quadrupling the $ 26 million secured from her late husband ’ s estate.

" Tempelsman was one of two executors of Onassis ’ s will.

Tempelsman maintains relations with political and business leaders, in particular government leaders in Africa and Russia, and leading figures in the U. S. Democratic Party.

From 1993 to 1997, Tempelsman visited the White House at least ten times, met privately with Hillary Clinton on two separate occasions, vacationed with the Clintons and the Kennedy family in Martha ’ s Vineyard, and flew to Moscow and back with President Clinton on Air Force One.

In Southern Africa, Tempelsman has played a key role in negotiations between hostile governments and companies engaging in diamond exploration.

From March 3, 1977, Tempelsman briefly held the title of honorary consul general for Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ), at the DRC ’ s consular offices in New York City.

In addition to the DRC, Tempelsman has played a key role in the diamond industries of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Sierra Leone.

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