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

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, 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

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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 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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