About: Vladimir Raitz

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Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz (23 May 1922 – 31 August 2010) was a Russian-born British businessman who co-founded the Horizon Holiday Group, which pioneered the first mass package holidays abroad. Born in Moscow, his family were White Russian Jews who left the Soviet Union when he was six, and variously passed through Berlin and Warsaw before finally settling in London. He attended Mill Hill School, London, and studied economics at London School of Economics. After graduating in 1942, he started work as a journalist, first for British United Press and then for Reuters from 1943 to 1949.

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  • Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz (23 May 1922 – 31 August 2010) was a Russian-born British businessman who co-founded the Horizon Holiday Group, which pioneered the first mass package holidays abroad. Born in Moscow, his family were White Russian Jews who left the Soviet Union when he was six, and variously passed through Berlin and Warsaw before finally settling in London. He attended Mill Hill School, London, and studied economics at London School of Economics. After graduating in 1942, he started work as a journalist, first for British United Press and then for Reuters from 1943 to 1949. (en)
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  • Vladimir Gavrilovich Raitz (23 May 1922 – 31 August 2010) was a Russian-born British businessman who co-founded the Horizon Holiday Group, which pioneered the first mass package holidays abroad. Born in Moscow, his family were White Russian Jews who left the Soviet Union when he was six, and variously passed through Berlin and Warsaw before finally settling in London. He attended Mill Hill School, London, and studied economics at London School of Economics. After graduating in 1942, he started work as a journalist, first for British United Press and then for Reuters from 1943 to 1949. (en)
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  • Vladimir Raitz (en)
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