Harry Triguboff — businessman with roots in the Russian Empire
Harry Triguboff is an Australian billionaire born in Dalian, China to Russian-Jewish parents who had fled Russia. He founded Meriton — Australia's largest private residential developer, responsible for building more apartments than any other company in Australian history — and is consistently one of the wealthiest Australians.
Tracing the roots — Dalian (China)
His parents were Russian-Jewish refugees who fled Russia and settled in Harbin and Dalian, China — part of the large Russian-Jewish émigré community in Manchuria — before emigrating to Australia. Triguboff grew up speaking Russian and maintains his connection to the language. His journey from Russian-Jewish refugee child in China to building Australia's skyline is one of the great diaspora success stories.
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Dalian (China). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.