Israel Polack

Israel Pollak
ישראל פולק
Born1909
Borșa, Maramureș, Austria-Hungary
Died1993
Nationality
OccupationTextile industrialist
Known forFounder of Polgat
SpouseEdith Zoref
Awards

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.[1]

Biography

Israel Pollak was born to a Jewish Orthodox family in Borșa, east Maramureș. In 1925, he moved to Gura Humorului, Bukovina, and later to Cernăuți. While in Cernăuți he studied at yeshiva and at a textile plant. In 1935, he founded an enterprise of its kind in the city. There he married Edith Zoref.

Business career

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.[2]

Awards and recognition

In 1990, Pollak was awarded the Israel Prize for his special contribution to society and the State of Israel.[3]

In 1992, he was honored by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

In 1993, he was honored by the Technion in Haifa.

See also

References

  1. ^ Israel's Top Fashion House Aims for the Middle Class
  2. ^ Israel couturier sold to a mass marketer, New York Times
  3. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1990 (in Hebrew)".


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