Shlomo Zabludowicz (; 1914–1994) was a Polish-born Israeli businessman. He gained wealth through the armament trade between the Finnish weapons manufacturer

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and Israel.

Biography

Shlomo Zabludowicz was born in a Jewish family in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

, Poland. His father was a rabbi. Zabludowicz and his family was interned at the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

, where only he and his wife Pola survived. After the war, he immigrated to Finland via Sweden. In Finland, he had two children, business magnate

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and ophthalmologist Rebecka Belldegrun. In 1975, he

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to Israel.

Business career

Zabludowicz founded the investment firm Tamares that is currently owned by his son Poju. Zabludowicz was a prominent figure in creating the joint enterprise between Tampella and

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, Soltam Systems. In the 1980s, he began moving his investments to property.

References

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