Leslie Thiess

Sir Leslie Charles Thiess CBE (8 April 1909 – 25 November 1992) was a construction and mining industries entrepreneur, based in Queensland, Australia. He was one of the founders of Thiess Bros, later known as Thiess Pty Ltd.[1]

Leslie Thiess
BornLeslie Charles Thiess 
8 April 1909 
Drayton 
Died25 November 1992  (aged 83)
Brisbane 
Awards

Thiess founded the contracting business, Thiess Bros, in partnership with Henry Horn in 1933.[1] Under his leadership, the company became a major contractor in Queensland and was the subject of an initial public offering on the Sydney and Brisbane Stock Exchanges in 1958.[1]

In 1968 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[2] In 1971 he was knighted.[3]

In the 1980s he allegedly delivered a hangar to the property of Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and did private civil engineering works for him that were written off as "Queensland Government Projects".[4] He retired from the business in 1978.[1]

In 1999 he received posthumously the Distinguished Constructor Award from the Queensland University of Technology.[5]

References
  1. Bell, Peter (2016). "Thiess, Sir Leslie Charles (Les) (1909–1992)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. "The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) (Imperial) (CBE) entry for Mr Leslie Charles THIESS". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 January 1968. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Civil engineering & mining
  3. "Knight Bachelor (Imperial) entry for Mr Leslie Charles THIESS". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 12 June 1971. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Services to coal exports
  4. ACA - Jana Wendt and Premier Joh Bjelke Peterson 1989 (Television production). 1989.
  5. Clur, Colleen Ryan (2000). "Construction giants receive top awards" (PDF). QUT Links. Queensland University of Technology. p. 10. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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