Paul Reichmann
| Paul Reichmann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 September 1930 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 25 October 2013 (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | founder of Olympia & York |
| Spouse(s) | Lea Feldman (m. 1953) |
| Relatives |
Reichmann family Albert Reichmann, Brother Ralph Reichmann, Brother |
Reichmann family Albert Reichmann, Brother
Paul (Moshe Yosef) Reichmann (Hebrew: משה יוסף רייכמן; 27 September 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a Canadian businessman and member of the Reichmann family. He is best known for his leadership of the Olympia & York real estate development company.
Reichmann was born in Vienna in 1930 to Samuel Reichmann, a wealthy egg merchant, and his wife Renée. His parents were Orthodox Jews from a small town in Hungary, but his father had risen to prominence in Vienna as a successful merchant. Paul was the fifth of six children.
The family escaped the Nazi occupation of Austria unintentionally. They had left the country on the day of Anschluss to visit Samuel's father in Hungary who had suffered a stroke. Abandoning their lives in Vienna, they made their way from Hungary to Paris, where they settled. The Reichmann family fled when France fell to the Germans, eventually making their way to the neutral Moroccan city of Tangier, and the Tangier International Zone.
In Tangier, the family prospered as Samuel became a major currency trader. After the war Paul left home to study Judaism first in Britain and then in Israel, and became a Rabbi. In 1953 he returned to Morocco to become a shirt retailer, and that same year he married Leah Feldman.
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