Jacqui (Jacob) Eli Safra is a Swiss investor, descendant of the Lebanon-Swiss Jewish Safra banking family. Some of his investments include Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster, and Spring Mountain Vineyard, a large wine-growing estate located in Saint Helena, California. He is the nephew of Edmond Safra.Under the name J.E. Beaucaire (the name of the character played by Bob Hope in the film Monsieur Beaucaire), Safra appeared in minor roles in three movies and financed eight Woody Allen films through a production company, Sweetland Films, run with girlfriend Jean Doumanian, a close friend of Allen.
According to an Associated Press article dated 11 May 2001, this is actually the pseudonym of Jacqui Safra, longtime companion of Jean Doumanian. Doumanian (along with Safra) has been sued by Woody Allen, with whom she worked for over twenty years.