| 词条 | Geoff Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Geoff Harris | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = circa {{birth year and age|1952}}[1] | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Melbourne, Australia | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Co-founder of Flight Centre | education = | employer = | occupation = Businessman, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = {{unbulleted list|{{AUD}}881 million {{small|(BRW 2015)}}[2]|{{USD}}550 million {{small|(Forbes 2015)}}[1] }} | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = div. | children = 3 | parents = | relatives = | box_width = }} Geoff Harris (born ca. 1952) is an Australian businessman and philanthropist. BiographyBorn circa 1952,[1] Harris is the son of a grocer and World War II veteran who served in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.[2] He was bullied at school as a teenager, and later dropped out.[3] Harris is a co-founder of Flight Centre with Graham Turner and Bill James in 1981-1982.[1][3] He served as a company executive until 1998 and as a non-executive director until 2008.[1][4][5] In 2013, he was its biggest shareholder.[4] He was also an early investor in Boost Juice.[5] In 2003, he acquired Top Deck Travel UK with five other investors.[4] He served as the Vice President of the Hawthorn Football Club.[5] Personal lifeHarris lives in Melbourne.[1] In 2014, he purchased a historic Victorian manor for {{AUD}}12 million in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne.[6] He is divorced, and has three children.[1][5] He is interested in military history, and has visited war sites in Malaysia, Vietnam and France.[2] Personal wealthIn 2015, Harris' net worth was estimated to be {{AUD}}881 million, listed on the BRW Rich 200[2] and {{USD}}550 million, listed on Forbes list of Australia's 50 Richest people.[22] {{columns-start}}
PhilanthropyIn 1999, Harris acquired an {{AUD}}2.5 million house for the Reach Foundation, a non-profit organization whose aim is to provide unprivileged young people with access to mental health, co-founded by football player Jim Stynes and film director Paul Currie.[3] Similarly, in 2013, he acquired Cromwell Manor, an {{AUD}}2.5 million historic mansion in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, to rent it for {{AUD}}5 per annum to STREAT, a non-profit organization which teaches the homeless skills to start a career in hospitality.[5][3] He has also donated {{AUD}}450,000 to STREAT.[5] The non-profit is run as a business, and Harris is also an impact investor, having invested {{AUD}}55,000.[5] Harris covers the annual rent for the headquarters of Whitelion Open Family, a non-profit organization for at-risk young people.[3] Harris also provided financial support for the treatment of Hawthorn Football Club player Jarryd Roughead during his fight against cancer. Roughead had previously found cancerous melanoma in his lip in the 2015 season, only to have it come back in the 2016 season. This required an expensive immunotherapy treatment, for which Harris paid.[11] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/geoff-harris/ |title=2015 Australia's 50 Richest: #50 Geoff Harris |work=Forbes Asia |date=31 January 2015 |accessdate=14 June 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Geoff}}2. ^1 {{cite new |author=Coates, Pip |title=To Have And To Hold: Geoff Harris. Worth: $975 million. Rank: 40 |work=The Australian Financial Review Magazine |date=July 2014 |page=22 }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |author=Short, Michael |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/geoff-harris-helping-youth-take-off-20140330-35res.html |title=Geoff Harris: Helping youth take off |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 March 2014 |accessdate= }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite journal |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2013/geoff_harris_qY8sJmrokngYHPcCCAq23K |title=BRW Rich 200: 49. Geoff Harris |journal=BRW |date=22 May 2013 |location=Sydney |accessdate= }} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite journal |author=Fitzsimmons, Caitlin |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/investing/year_rich_lister_geoff_harris_for_YdEcnNugFV3YxTdABjQuwM |title=Why rich lister Geoff Harris is letting this Melbourne mansion for $5 a year |journal=BRW |location=Sydney |date=23 January 2014 |accessdate= }} 6. ^{{cite news |author=Simon, Marielle |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730539/Flight-Centre-founder-worth-975-MILLION-sets-record-exclusive-Melbourne-suburb-purchase-12-million-English-style-manor.html |title=Flight Centre founder worth $975 million sets record in exclusive Melbourne suburb with the purchase of a $12 million English-style manor |work=The Daily Mail |location=Australia |date=21 August 2014 |accessdate= }} 7. ^{{cite journal|author=|url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-200/2014/|title=2014 BRW Rich 200 list|journal=BRW (a Fairfax Media Publication)|location=Sydney|date=26 June 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/australia-billionaires/list/|title=2014 Australia's 50 Richest|accessdate=30 June 2014|work=Forbes Asia|date=January 2014 }} 9. ^1 2 {{cite journal|author= |url=http://www.brw.com.au/lists/interactives/entity.html?entity=geoff-harris&edition=32&questions=819,820&sort=1,asc&page=0 |title=2015 BRW Rich 200 list: Geoff Harris |journal=BRW |location=Sydney|date=May 2015|accessdate=14 June 2015}} 10. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/geoff-harris/?list=australia-billionaires |title=2015 Australia's 50 Richest: #50 Geoff Harris |accessdate=14 June 2015|work=Forbes Asia|date=March 2015 }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/video/2017-10-07/pcm-alastair-clarkson |title=PCM Speech: Alastair Clarkson |work=Hawthorn FC |date=8 October 2017 |accessdate=8 October 2017}} 5 : Living people|Businesspeople from Melbourne|Philanthropists from Melbourne|Hawthorn Football Club administrators|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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