In his day job David Nahmad is a risk-taker, trading millions of dollars in currencies and commodities, as well as betting hundreds of thousands on backgammon in Monte Carlo--he holds the 1996 world title.

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"It's a secret, " says David Nahmad.

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The instigator of the family's art passion is Giuseppe Nahmad, David's 75-year-old brother.

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