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His business activities resulted his accumulating vast wealth, which he used to donate to charity and common good purposes. His charity work included significant donations for the development of educational and other infrastructure projects for the Greek communities of
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family. He moved to Cairo, Egypt, in 1837 to work in a shop run by his brother, Anastasios. Thanks to his bold tactics and business activities, he became the biggest merchant in Egypt. At the same time he participated in banking and real estate (buying and leasing land) while, thanks to his many
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for the Greek state in general. Among them, the most notable ones were the founding of the School of
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from southern Sudan. According to the diary of
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but eventually reached 920,000 drachmas. Averoff also served as a member of the reception committee for the foreign competitors at the
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riverboats travelling up and down the Nile, he managed to dominate Egypt's domestic and foreign trade.
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