Alex Waislitz

Alex Waislitz (born 1958) is an Australian businessman.

Alex Waislitz
Born (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
OccupationBusinessman
Organization
  • Thorney Investment Group (Founder and CEO)
  • Collingwood Football Club (Vice-President)
Net worth A$1.49 bn (AFR 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1994; sep. 2015)​
Children4
Family

Waislitz was elected to the Collingwood Football Club Board of Directors in 1998, elected as vice-president in 2009, and has provided philanthropic support to the club.[2]

Early life and education

Waislitz was born to a Jewish family. Both his Warsaw-born father, David (1922-2009), and his mother were immigrants from Poland. He graduated from Monash University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce; and completed the executive education course Owner/President Management Program of the Harvard Business School after acquiring his wealth.

Career

Waislitz has been a member of several Boards of directors. He is director of various Pratt Group and Visy Industries companies.[3] In 1991 he founded Thorney Investment Group and served as inaugural executive director until 2009. Thorney invests in public securities, private companies and property, and has close connection to the Pratt family investments.[4] Thorney specialises in emerging companies across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, technology, mining services and resources. In 2016 the Australian Taxation Office revealed that the company had paid no tax in 2013-14, despite revenue of A$430 million.[5]

Waislitz has served as a Director of Collingwood Football Club since 1998[6] and as Vice President of the Club since 2009.

He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Ben-Gurion University School of Management.[7]

Waislitz is also a movie producer; and has produced movies such as Hotel de Love & Joey.

Personal life

In 1994 Waislitz married Heloise Pratt, daughter of businessman Richard Pratt and his wife, Jeanne.[8] Waislitz and his wife separated in 2015.[9][10]

Net worth
Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[11][12][13] $1.24 billion not listed
2018[14] 54 $1.39 billion not listed
2019[15][16] 56 $1.56 billion not listed
2020[1] 65 $1.49 billion
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References
  1. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. Warner, Michael; McFarlane, Glenn (15 March 2010). "Collingwood enjoys windfall". Herald Sun.
  3. Thorney makes trash its treasure The Age, Melbourne, 8/9/2003
  4. "News Profile: A boy bought two cows..." The Age. Melbourne. 21 October 2006.
  5. "98 private companies earning over $200m pay no tax: ATO". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. "Directors List - Collingwood Football Club". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  7. "International Advisory Board, Honours MBA, Ben-Gurion University". Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  8. Kitney, Damon (28 May 2011). "Pratt heir reveals his grief after loss of father". The Australian.
  9. "Lessons in a stormy appearance for Alex Waislitz, Rebekah Behbahani". The Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. "Heloise Pratt". Fortune. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  11. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  15. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  16. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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