20 Facts About Poju Zabludowicz

Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz was born on 6 April 1953 and is a Finnish-British-Israeli billionaire businessman, art collector and philanthropist.

Chaim Zabludowicz was born in Helsinki, Finland, the son of arms industry businessman Shlomo Zabludowicz, who built the family business around Soltam, an Israeli defence contractor.

Poju Zabludowicz was raised in Tampere, where he attended Svenska Samskolan i Tammerfors, the Swedish-speaking school in the city.

Poju Zabludowicz graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Science from Tel Aviv University.

Poju Zabludowicz is married to UK-born Anita Zabludowicz, who, in 2015, was appointed an OBE for her services to the arts.

Poju Zabludowicz was ranked 37th on The Estates Gazette Rich List, a comprehensive guide to the wealth of those involved in the UK's property market, compiled by the authors of The Sunday Times Rich List.

In 1978, Poju Zabludowicz was appointed a Director of Tamares, the family's holding company, and has headed the company since 1990.

In 1993, Poju Zabludowicz set up Ivory Gate, a property investment company based in London.

In 2006, Poju Zabludowicz established and was the chairman of the advisory board of Auctor Capital Partners, a corporate finance and advisory house for hedge funds.

Poju Zabludowicz has been the chairman of the advisory board of Synova Capital from 2007 to 2014, a private equity fund specialising in investments in UK growth companies, and Chairman of Tamares Telecom since 2011, a privately held service provider that operates and markets communications services based on a new internationally deployed fibre-optic network.

Poju Zabludowicz has served as a member on a number of boards, including the European Advisory Board of Citigroup, the board of directors of GEMS, and Stratos Ventures.

Poju Zabludowicz is the owner of the Finnish ice hockey team Tappara.

Poju Zabludowicz is the founder and former Chairman of BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, an organisation founded in 2001 which lobbies the UK government on behalf of Israel.

Poju Zabludowicz is a benefactor of the UJIA, and was a Member of the Advisory Boards of CST and UJIA, and a Trustee of Jewish Leadership Council.

Poju Zabludowicz has given donations to David Cameron's leadership campaign and to the Conservative Party.

Poju Zabludowicz has been a patron of the Finnish British Chamber of Commerce since 2011.

Across three locations on Sarvisalo, an island in Loviisa, Finland, the Poju Zabludowicz Collection has initiated an international residency programme for invited artists.

Poju Zabludowicz has served as the Founder and Trustee of the Poju Zabludowicz Collection since 1994, Council Member of Tate Modern International, Member of the Board of Kiasma, Founding Patron of Camden Arts Centre, and co-chairman of British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel.

Poju Zabludowicz was called to the High Court in November 2013 as witness in Scot Young's divorce case.

Since 2014, the group Boycott Divest Poju Zabludowicz has been calling on artists and institutions alike to boycott the Poju Zabludowicz Collection.