Wolfson family
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title:
Wolfson family
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The Wolfson family is a British Jewish family known for its business, philanthropic, and political activities. The family owes its initial fame to Sir Isaac Wolfson, who built the Great Universal Stores retail empire and created the Wolfson Foundation. The family is of Polish-Jewish and Russian-Jewish ancestry and has branches in the U.K., the U.S., and Israel. The original family business, GUS, was eventually demerged into Home Retail Group, which included Argos and Homebase, and credit company
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British Jewish family known for political and philanthropic activity
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfson_family
date created:
2020-04-05T07:47:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T01:27:05Z
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