Alex Waislitz (born 1958) is an Australian businessman. Waislitz was elected to the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

Board of Directors in 1998, elected as vice-president in 2009, and has provided philanthropic support to the club.

Early life and education

Waislitz was born to a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

family. Both his

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

-born father, David (1922-2009), and his mother were immigrants from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He graduated from

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce; and completed the executive education course Owner/President Management Program of the

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after acquiring his wealth.

Career

Waislitz has been a member of several

Boards of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

. He is director of various Pratt Group and

Visy Industries Visy Industries (known as Pratt Industries USA in the US) is an Australian-American company was established in Melbourne in 1948 and is a privately owned paper, packaging and recycling company. Visy was owned by Richard Pratt until his death i ...

companies. In 1991 he founded Thorney Investment Group and served as inaugural executive director until 2009. Thorney invests in public

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private companies A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...

and property, and has close connection to the

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family investments. Thorney specialises in emerging companies across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, technology, mining services and resources. In 2016 the

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revealed that the company had paid no tax in 2013-14, despite revenue of 430 million. Waislitz has served as a Director of

since 1998 and as Vice President of the Club since 2009. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(MBA) at

Ben-Gurion University Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

School of Management. Waislitz is also a movie producer; and has produced movies such as ''

Hotel de Love ''Hotel de Love'' is a 1996 Australian film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. It was released theatrically in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and select countries throughout Europe. Plot Fraternal twin brothers meet a childhoo ...

'' & ''

Joey Joey may refer to: People *Joey (name) Animals * Joey (marsupial), an infant marsupial * Joey, a Blue-fronted Amazon parrot who was one of the Blue Peter pets Film and television * ''Joey'' (1977 film), an American film directed by Horace ...

''.

Personal life

In 1994 Waislitz married Heloise Pratt, daughter of businessman Richard Pratt and his wife, Jeanne. They had three children, Jacob Waislitz, Amelia Waislitz and Joseph Waislitz. Waislitz and his wife separated in 2015.

Net worth

References

External links

Profile
from the Collingwood Football Club website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waislitz, Alex Businesspeople from Melbourne Monash University alumni 1958 births Australian Jews Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent Collingwood Football Club administrators Living people Australian billionaires