Michael George Kailis (14 February 1929 – 25 June 1999) was a
Western Australian businessman who founded the MG Kailis Group of companies, whose head office is in
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
, Western Australia.
In 1960 he and his wife
Patricia Kailis
Patricia Verne Kailis (19 August 1933 – 17 April 2020) was an Australian business woman, geneticist and neurologist noted for her work in genetic counseling for neurological and neuromuscular disorders.
Life and career
Kailis was born Patrici ...
started a small
rock lobster operation in
Dongara, later expanding their interests into prawning, shipbuilding, aquaculture and the Kailis Jewellery line, built on pearls.
Kailis's parents emigrated to Australia from the Greek island of
Kastelorizo
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (; el, Καστελλόριζο, Kastellórizo), officially Megisti ( ''Megísti''), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean.Bertarelli, 131 It lies roughly off the south co ...
.
His brother, Peter, founded the
Red Rooster fast food chain.
General references
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References
1929 births
1999 deaths
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Australian people of Greek descent
People from Fremantle
20th-century Australian businesspeople
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