- Zygi Wilf
Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf (born
April 22 ,1950 inGermany ) is the principal owner of theMinnesota Vikings of theNational Football League .Biography
Wilf's parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf, are both
Holocaust survivors inPoland .cite news | title = NFL owners approve Vikings sale to Wilf | url = http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/05/25_williamsb_vikingsale/ | first = Brandt | last = Williams | publisher = Minnesota Public Radio | date =2005-05-25 | accessdate = 2007-02-19 ] The Wilf family imigrated to the United States from Europe in the early 1950s and settled inNew Jersey . After a brief stint as used car salesmen, Joseph and his brother Harry Wilf began purchasing apartment buildings and renting units. Eventually, the brothers began building single-family homes and foundedGarden Homes . A successful real estate developer, his two main family-run businesses, Garden Homes and Garden Commercial Properties, have constructed some 25,000 homes in 39 states across the country since 1955; the two entities and their subsidiaries own and manage 25 million square feet in retail and business property.G.R. Anderson, Jr., [http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1361/article15027.asp?page=2 Eye of the Beholder] , "City Pages", January 3, 2007.]Zygi Wilf attended
Fairleigh Dickinson University , earning a bachelor's degree in economics and later graduated fromNew York Law School inManhattan . After working as an attorney, Wilf joined the family business and became head of one of the company's subsidies, Garden Commercial Properties. Wilf has grown the company from four shopping centers in Northern New Jersey to over a hundred properties, including several large malls. In addition to the commercial properties, the Garden companies also own 30,000 apartment units around the country.References
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