Harry Wilf

Harry Wilf was a Polish-born American businessman, and the co-founder of Garden Homes, one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States.

Early life

Harry Wilf was born in Poland in 1921, the son of Ella and Oscar Wilf. At the start of World War II, the Russians deported the family from Jaroslaw, Poland, to a Siberian labor camp.
In 1950, they emigrated to the US, and settled in Hillside, New Jersey.

In 1954, together with his brother, Joseph Wilf, he co-founded Garden Homes, one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States.
In 1964, they founded the Wilf Family Foundation, which later expanded into seven foundations.

He was married to Judith Jakubowiez, and they had a son, Leonard Wilf.

In 1996, the Jerusalem Foundation renovated a park in central Jerusalem, and rededicated it as Harry Wilf Park.