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Born | 1950 (age 72–73) |
Education | La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls |
Known for | Heiress, Cox Enterprises |
Spouse | Simon Parry-Okeden (divorced) [1] |
Children | 2 |
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Blair Parry-Okeden (born 1950) is an American-born [2] Australian billionaire heiress and philanthropist. According to Forbes Asia , she was Australia's richest person by net worth in 2016. [3] Parry-Okeden's wealth derives from Cox Enterprises.
Parry-Okeden was born in 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and educated there at La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls, which was founded by her mother, Barbara Cox Anthony. She then studied to become a teacher. [1]
Parry-Okeden's grandfather James M. Cox founded the privately held media company Cox Enterprises. Her brother James C. Kennedy is the chairman, and her aunt, Anne Cox Chambers, is the largest shareholder and sits on the board. In 2007, following the death of her mother, Parry-Okeden inherited 25% of Cox Enterprises. She currently has no role at the company. [4]
Parry-Okeden first came to prominence in Australia in March 2009 when Forbes Asia assessed her net worth at A$7.0 billion. [1] In January 2016, her net worth was assessed by Forbes at US$9.8 billion; [5] and in 2019 her wealth was estimated at US$9.3 billion; however, she no longer appeared on the list of Australians by net worth due to her US citizenship. [2] Her philanthropic interests include the Shore School, the University of Hawaii's Center on Aging, [6] the Scone Grammar School, and Strathearn Village, a non-profit aged-care centre. [1]
Parry-Okeden has two sons, Andrew and Henry, with her ex-husband Simon Parry-Okeden. [1] She lives in Australia, having moved there from the US in the 1970s to live with her husband at the time. [7] [1]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) [note a] Anne Beau Cox Chambers was an American media proprietor, diplomat, and philanthropist who served as United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1977 to 1981. She co-owned the family company Cox Enterprises, a privately held media empire, with her sister Barbara Cox Anthony for 33 years. Her net worth was estimated by Forbes at $16.1 billion in September 2014.
Barbara Blair Cox Anthony was the youngest daughter of James M. Cox, a Democratic governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sister Anne Cox Chambers and her brother James M. Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust, ownership and control of her father's company, now called Cox Enterprises. Upon her brother's death in 1974, the sisters received his share of the company equally.
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