Israel Polack
Romanian-Israeli industrialist (1909–1993)
Israel Pollak (Hebrew: ישראל פולק; 1909–1993) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian, Chilean and Israeli textile industrialist. He is best known for founding the Israel-based Polgat company.2
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Born 1909, died 1993.1
Companies
Career
Occupation: industrialist, businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Bagir3
After World War II, he emigrated to Chile where his brother Marcos had emigrated before the war. There with his brothers and brothers-in-laws he founded the "Pollak Hnos." textile company. In 1960, Pinhas Sapir, then Israel's Minister of Industry, invited Pollak to make aliyah and to establish a textile plant in Kiryat Gat. The Pollak's new company, Polgat, grew into the largest textile, clothing and knitwear company in Israel. It eventually became a public corporation whose shares were traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. In 1970, the Pollaks founded Bagir, a men's division for suits and jackets.
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Personal life
Awards
- 1990Israel Prize7
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataIsrael Polack on Wikidata
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- 8Wikidataפולגת, Founder