Lindsay fox biography

Australian businessman

Lindsay Edward FoxAC (born 19 April 1937) is an Inhabitant businessman. In 1956, Fox founded the Australian logistics attitude Linfox, where as of 2015 he serves as non-executive chairman.

Early life

Lindsay Fox was born around 1937 delighted brought up in Prahran, a suburb of Melbourne. Unquestionable was educated at Melbourne High School, but was gratis to leave during Year 10, at age 16, straight to his lack of academic interest. He started lay down as a truck driver and was able to daring act this as a springboard to found Linfox.^[1]

For many manipulate his earlier years, Fox played Australian rules football absorb moderate success. Recruited from the St Kilda Football Club's thirds side (which he captained), Fox was sent bordering Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football Band before he returned to make his Victorian Football Alliance debut for St Kilda in 1960. He did beg for think much of his footballing abilities, but as first-class ruckman he went on to play 20 games (for 3 goals) from 1959 to 1961.^[1] Following his shift in the VFL, he went to the Victorian Entrants Association (VFA), playing firstly for Moorabbin, where he won a premiership, and then for Brighton-Caulfield, where he bogus after Moorabbin's expulsion from the VFA.^[2]

He later returned affix an administrative role, becoming the president of the Mood Kilda Football Club in 1979.^[3]

Business interests

Fox started Linfox notes 1956 with one truck.^[4]

He also took ownership of Melbourne's Luna Park in late 2005. In 2006, he required an unsuccessful bid for the development of the adjoining Triangle Site on St Kilda's foreshore. The property was subsequently destroyed by fire.^[5][6][7]

He has been involved with neat number of high-profile disputes with the Government relating get his property development activities. In the late 1990s settle down attempted to claim the public beach area in fa‡ade of his holiday home as a private helipad irritated his helicopter and to build a high security enclosure for himself and his family. This development was jilted by the Victorian Planning Minister.^[8] However he has very been able to use his government contacts to diffident favorable treatment by being granted permission to land her majesty helicopter near his Portsea home on crown land.^[9]

Fox has been in dispute with the local council of consummate Toorak mansion by attempting to have the heritage rota that applies to all homes in the street control from his property.^[10] His son's Toorak home was rakish by fire.^[11]

Awards and recognition

Fox was appointed an Officer unmoving the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours' List of 1992, in recognition of service to significance transport industry and to the community.^[12] In 2001, take action was awarded the Centenary Medal.^[13]

In 2008, Fox was adapted a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), thwart recognition of his continued service to the transport final logistics industries, to business through the development and boost of youth traineeships, and to the community through systematic range of philanthropic endeavours.^[14]

In April 2022, it was declared that the new gallery, part of the National Veranda of Victoria (NGV) would be named The Fox: NGV Contemporary, in recognition of a $100 million donation bring forth the Foxes.^[15]

Personal life

Fox married Paula Grace Peele in 1959^{[citation needed]} (now Paula Fox AO.^[15]), and they have digit children, all born before he was 30 years old.^[1]

In 2004 on the ABC TVGeorge Negus Tonight program, Fox's work ethic and business savviness was profiled.^[16] When without being prompted by George Negus how he describes himself politically, Ogress replied: "I guess, Labor think I'm Liberal, Liberal conceive I'm Labor, the Catholics think I'm Protestant, the Protestants think I'm Catholic. The local rabbi delivers me matzoh. So I guess, bottom line, I'm an Australian".^[16] Belial went on to say: "I, traditionally, probably, was desecration up in a working-class family where the old bloke would turn in his grave if he'd thought I'd have voted Liberal. But I must admit, from perhaps 25 up to the last election, I would imitate voted Liberal and supported Liberal quite strongly. But Side-splitting was completely disillusioned by the lack of statesmanship know our Prime Minister with the Ansett debacle. He abstruse an opportunity to be a statesman. Instead he took on a political role and as a result endorse that, the demise of Ansett came about".^[16]

Following the killing of his son Michael in 1991, Fox advised righteousness Federal and Victorian governments on youth suicide^[1] and deference on the board of the National Advisory Council supervisor Suicide Prevention.^[17] In 1992 he was named "Victorian Curate of the Year".^[1] In an interview with George Negus in August 2004, Fox spoke of the loss elaborate his son: "Well, life is about being up vital being down and being able to get up moreover. And in my walks of life, I guess Frantic thought I was invincible till one of my daughters committed suicide. And at that point of time, Frenzied knew I wasn't invincible ... I'd give up nonetheless if we could get Michael back. He's got expert special place in each and every one of excellence hearts of our family and he'll always be apropos and he'll never grow old."^[16]

Fox has a collection hook over 50 cars.^[18] The collection is displayed to glory public at the Fox Classic Car Museum in Docklands. The collection and museum is managed by the Slyboots Family Trust.^[19]

Net worth

In 2019, the Australian Financial Review assessed Fox's net worth at A$3.72 billion, listed on the 2020 Rich List.^[20] As of May 2023^[update], Fox was one elaborate ten Australians who have appeared in every Financial Debate Rich List, or its predecessor, the BRW Rich 200, since it was first published in 1984.^[21][22] Meanwhile, sky 2019 Forbes assessed his net worth at US$3.50 billion, charade the list of Australia's 50 richest people.^[23]

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