Shlomo Zabludowicz ( he, שלמה זבלודוביץ'; 1914–1994) was a Polish-born Israeli businessman. He gained wealth through the armament trade between the Finnish weapons manufacturer
Tampella
Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of ...
and Israel.
Biography
Shlomo Zabludowicz was born in a Jewish family in
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...
, Poland. His father was a rabbi. Zabludowicz and his family was interned at the
Auschwitz concentration camp, 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
Poju Zabludowicz
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Early life a ...
and ophthalmologist
Rebecka Belldegrun.
In 1975, he
immigrated
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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
Solel Boneh,
Soltam Systems
Soltam Systems ( he, סולתם מערכות) is an Israeli defense contractor located in Yokneam, Israel. The company has been developing and manufacturing advanced artillery systems, mortars, ammunition and peripheral equipment since 1952. ...
. In the 1980s, he began moving his investments to property.
References
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1914 births
1994 deaths
Arms traders
20th-century Finnish businesspeople
Finnish emigrants to Israel
Israeli chief executives
People from Łódź
Polish emigrants to Finland
20th-century Israeli businesspeople
Finnish Jews