Born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish banking family, he founded Mothercare in 1961 and built it into a chain of more than four hundred stores. He later made a second fortune in energy and funded the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute in Los Angeles.
Retailer, energy investor and philanthropist · 1927–2022
Born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish banking family, he founded Mothercare in 1961 and built it into a chain of more than four hundred stores. He later made a second fortune in energy and funded the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute in Los Angeles.
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