Ricardo Wolf

Ricardo Wolf ( * 1887 Richard Wolf in Hannover, † 1981 in Herzlia, Israel) was an inventor and philanthropist.

As one of 14 siblings of a Jewish family grew up, Wolf emigrated before the First World War to Cuba. There he developed an optimization in iron smelting, which found application worldwide and so helped him to considerable prosperity. He married in 1924, who was born in 1900 Francisca Subirana, a famous Spanish tennis player.

Politically and financially, he later supported Fidel Castro in his struggle against the domination Fulgencio Batista. After the Cuban Revolution, Castro had offered him the post of Minister of Finance, but what Wolf refused and instead chose to represent Cuba as ambassador to Israel. This he did from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960 to termination thereof. Across Cuba in September 1973, where he financed both the building and the operating costs of the embassy from his private funds About the Fidel Castro surprisingly announced at the Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in Algiers demolition Wolf had not been informed in advance. Then he remained for the rest of his life in Israel, where he founded together with his wife in 1975, the Wolf Foundation, the Wolf Prize annually awards in six divisions " for achievements for the benefit of mankind and friendly relations among peoples " since 1976.