Zabludowicz
| Poju Zabludowicz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Chaim Zabludowicz 6 April 1953 Helsinki, Finland |
| Residence | London, England |
| Citizenship | Finnish and British |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of Tamares Group |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Art collection, philanthropy |
| Home town | Tampere, Finland |
| Net worth |
 £1.5 billion (2017)
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| Board member of |
Tamares Telecom Mustavaara Kaivos |
| Spouse(s) | Anita Zabludowicz |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Pola and Shlomo Zabludowicz |
| Relatives |
Rebecka Belldegrun (sister) Arie Belldegrun (brother-in-law) |
Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz (born 6 April 1953) is a Finnish-British business magnate, investor, art collector and philanthropist.
The Sunday Times Rich List 2017 of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom ranked him 84th with a personal net worth of £1,500 million.
Zabludowicz was born in Helsinki, the son of arms industry businessman Shlomo Zabludowicz, and raised in Tampere, where he attended Svenska Samskolan i Tammerfors, the Swedish-speaking school in the city. He graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Science from Tel Aviv University and later worked at BFG Bank AG in Frankfurt. He is married to UK-born Anita Zabludowicz. In 1989, he and his wife purchased a house on The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, and later purchased the adjacent house in 1997. His father, Shlomo, built the family business around Soltam, an Israeli defence contractor.
In 1978, Zabludowicz was appointed a Director of Tamares, the family's holding company, and has headed the company since 1990. Tamares invests in a number of different private and public companies, and in real estate properties. The company owns 40% of the land in downtown Las Vegas. Today, Tamares Group holds a $3 billion portfolio. Its real estate holdings encompass 2.3 million square feet of office space.
In 1993, Zabludowicz set up Ivory Gate, a property investment company based in London. Using offshore vehicles, Ivory Gate made investments in UK commercial property.
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