Frank Lowy — billionaire (westfield) with roots in the -
Frank Lowy is an Australian-Israeli businessman who co-founded the Westfield Group — one of the world's largest shopping centre companies — and built it into a global retail empire valued at tens of billions of dollars. A Holocaust survivor who fought in Israel's War of Independence, he is one of Australia's most prominent philanthropists.
Tracing the roots — Slovakia (Rus/Hun)
Born in Filakovo, Czechoslovakia (in the zone of the former Russian Empire / Austro-Hungarian borderlands) in 1930 to a Jewish family, Lowy survived the Holocaust, fought for Israel in 1948, then emigrated to Australia in 1952. His empire-building drive carried the full force of that survivor generation's determination to build something permanent.
A career defined by ambition
"I survived the worst. After that, nothing in business seemed that difficult."