Frank Lowy
Sir Frank Lowy AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Westfield Corporation in 1960 and served as its executive chairman for 50 years, building it into one of the world's largest retail property development companies. He is the founder and chairman of the Lowy Institute, an independent international policy think tank established in 2003, and serves as chairman of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. He is best known for his rags-to-riches journey from Holocaust survivor to billionaire shopping centre magnate, and for his contributions to Australian philanthropy and football. Westfield was acquired by Unibail-Rodamco in 2018, after which Lowy re-settled in Israel while continuing to chair both think tanks.
“Stan Shih (Acer), Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Larry Hillblom (DHL), George Eastman (Kodak), Fred Smith (FedEx), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Carlos Slim (América Móvil), Jorge Paulo Lemann (3G Capital), Aristotle Onassis (Olympic Maritime), Harland David Sanders (KFC), James Dyson, Lorenzo Zambrano (CEMEX), Jim Casey (UPS), Li Ka-Shing (CK Hutchison), Frank Lowy (Westfield), Alfred Krupp all lost parents in childhood or adolescence.”
Source→“"Frank Lowy (Westfield)... Named in early parental loss list."”
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