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David Smorgon
David Smorgon (born 8 May 1947) is an Australian businessman and member of the Smorgon family. Business career David joined the family business at the age of 23. David advanced to be a senior executive at Smorgon Consolidated Industries, which is the large family business that spanned meat, paper, glass, plastics and steel industries. David then spent 25 years as an executive and director with Smorgon Consolidated Industries. After the sale of Smorgon Consolidated Industries in 1996, David, along with his three children; Dean (b. 1969–70), Ricky (b. 1971–72), and Dale (b. 1974–75), also built up their self-run stockholding organisation, Generation Investment Management focusing on business opportunities, equity and property investments. This corporation is known for providing loan-to-own transactions to assist global corporations with debt, with such clients as Bonds, and coin-operated entertainment business Ride On! Entertainment; the latter in which Ricky and Dale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smorgon Family
The Smorgon family is a Jewish Australian business family known for their establishment of Smorgon Steel. Family tree * Norman (Naum) Smorgon (17 December 1884 – 1956) m. (1) Tzippa Smorgon nee Mejov (1887 - ??) (div. 1925); (2) m. Vera Naumovna Smorgon nee Feldman (1885 - ??) (div. 1954); ** Eric (Isiat) Smorgon (1911 – 1999) m. Anne Smorgon nee Bernstein (1910 – 1996) *** Jack Smorgon m. Val Sheezel *** Gary Smorgon *** Robert Smorgon m. Vicki Thurin **** Stephen Smorgon m. Kelly Hudson ** Victor (Abrasha) Smorgon AC (1913 – 2009) m. Loti Smorgon AO nee Kiffer (1919 – 2013) *** Ginny Green nee Smorgon m. Leslie Green *** Vicki Vidor nee Smorgon m. (1) Raymond Vidor; (2) Peter Avery *** Bindy Koadlow nee Smorgon m. (1) Colin Edwards; (2) David Koadlow *** Sandra Bardas nee Smorgon OAM (1941 – 2007) m. David Bardas **** Belinda, Robyn, Anna, Elli, Morris and Ben ** Anna / Annia / Anne Castan nee Smorgon (1909 – 2000) m. Morris / Mossy Castan nee Lubenfeld (1906 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Carlton quickly became a dominant club in early Australian rules football competitions, and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning the inaugural premiership in 1877. In 1896, Carlton joined the breakaway Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL), and alongside rivals , and , is regarded as one of the league's historical "Big Four" clubs, having won sixteen VFL/AFL premierships, equal with Essendon as the most of any AFL club. Carlton's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton North at Princes Park, its traditional home ground, and it currently plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 2017, Carlton fielded a team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Educated At Brighton Grammar School
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Western Bulldogs Administrators
Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture Arts and entertainment Films * ''Western'' (1997 film), a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier * ''Western'' (2017 film), a German-Austrian film Genres *Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West **Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature **Western music (North America), a type of American folk music Music * ''Westerns'' (EP), an EP by Pete Yorn *WSTRN, a British hip hop group from west London Business *The Western, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, United States *Western Cartridge Company, a manufacturer of ammunition *Western Publishing, a defunct publishing company Educational institutions *Western Washington University i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of VFL/AFL Presidents
This is a listing of all the commissioners and club presidents of the VFL/AFL. An independent VFL Commission was formed in 1985, being renamed the AFL Commission in 1990 in line with the competition. In 1993, the AFL Commission was given the power to make most administrative decisions relating to the league unilaterally, with the AFL Board of Directors voting itself out of existence. In 1995, the AFL Commission would also assume control of the administration of Australian rules football when it absorbed the ANFC. A separate role of AFL Chairman was created in 1993 (see below). VFL President (1897–1985), VFL/AFL Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (since 1985) AFL Chairman (since 1993) Club Presidents Adelaide * Bob Hammond (1991-2000) * Bob Campbell (2001-2003) * Bill Sanders (2004–2008) * Rob Chapman (2009–2020) * John Olsen (2021–present) Brisbane Bears/Lions * Paul Cronin (1987–1990) * Noel Gordon (1990–1999) * Alan Piper (1999–2000) * Graeme Downie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Grammar School
, motto_translation = Let us keep pursuing better things , city = Brighton , state = Victoria , zipcode = 3186 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Independent, day , denomination = Anglican , established = 1882 , founder = Dr George Henry Crowther , headmaster = Ross F Featherston , chairperson = Peter Ickeringill , chaplain = Fr Peter Waterhouse (Secondary Chaplain), Chester Lord (Junior Chaplain) , key_people = Simon Angus (Head of Secondary School)Peter Tellefson (Head of Junior School)Dr Ray Swann (Head of Crowther Centre)Tom Marriott (2022 Captain of School)Tom Pollock (2022 Captain of Junior School) , years = K-12 , gender = Boys , enrolment = 1,400 , colours = Red an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smorgon Steel
Smorgon Steel was an Australian steel manufacturing company. It was the last remaining part of Smorgon Consolidated Industries, founded in 1958 by Victor Smorgon, member of the Smorgon family. In 1997, Smorgon purchased structural materials Welded Mesh from Leighton Holdings. In December 1998, Smorgon Steel took over Australian National Industries. It was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in February 1999. In December 2001, Bradken was sold to Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners. In 2007 Smorgon Steel merged with OneSteel, with its distribution operations sold to BlueScope BlueScope Steel Limited is an Australian flat product steel producer that was spun-off from BHP Billiton in 2002. History BlueScope was formed when BHP Billiton spun-off its steel assets on 15 July 2002 as BHP Steel. It was renamed BlueScope .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonds (clothing)
Pacific Brands Underwear Group, known under its core brand Bonds, was an Australian manufacturer and is now a subsidiary of Hanesbrands. It is an importer of men's, women's and children's underwear and clothing. The head office is located at 115 Cotham Rd in Kew, Melbourne. They sell a range of clothing including underwear and sleepwear. History George A. Bond & Co. Limited was established in 1915 by George Allan Bond, an American who came to Australia in the early twentieth century. He started importing women's hosiery and gloves. In 1917 he began manufacturing hosiery in Redfern, Sydney. In 1918 he moved to Camperdown and began also making underwear. In 1923 Bond's company established a cotton-spinning mill at Wentworthville in western Sydney, with imported machinery costing 150 thousand pounds. The mill commenced operations in October 1923. This particular section of Wentworthville was soon renamed Pendle Hill in honour of his Scottish family origins. To facilitate e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Smorgon
Graham Smorgon is a prominent Australian businessman and a member of the Smorgon family – one of Australia's wealthiest and most powerful and influential families. Business career He was appointed as Chairman of Smorgon Consolidated in 1994, and was the chairman of the Smorgon Steel Group in 2006 when it was split and sold to OneSteel and BlueScope. Smorgon then went on to become Chairman of the GBM Group, Smorgon Consolidated Investment and Scental Pacific. Smorgon is also a director of Incitec Pivot Limited. Smorgon's other roles and positions included Director of Federation Square, Deputy Chairman of Melbourne Health, Director of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Trustee of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Sports Administration career Carlton Football Club In 2002, Smorgon joined the Board of directors at the Carlton Football Club. In April 2006, Smorgon took over the Presidency of the Carlton Football Club after Ian Collins stood down. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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