Bruce Mathieson Jnr

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Bruce Mathieson Jnr is an Australian businessman and scion of billionaire Bruce Mathieson. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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He is the director of Endeavour Group, and ALH Group, the largest poker machine operator in the state of Victoria. [5] He and his family collectively own 45% of all pokies in that state. [5]

In 2019 he purchased the most expensive home sold that year on the Gold Coast. [5] [6]

Career

In 2011 he was serving as Woolworths' ALH Group's chief executive. [7] His tenure at the company coincided with a scandals of high volume pokie machine players being targeted by venue staff. [8]

In 2021 he stepped down from his role as managing director of hotels at Endeavor Group. [9] [1] He later returned to the company after being appointed to replace his father as director of both Endeavor and ALH Group. [10] [11]

He frequently worked together with his father while his father was actively involved with the industry. [12]

Mathieson Jnr continues to be actively involved in the hotel industry following his father's retirement. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Bruce Mathieson jnr buys Woolloongabba Hotel leasehold". The Australian.
  3. ↑ "Son of millionaire pokie magnate makes a $11.6 million Mermaid Beach splash". Urban.com.au. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. ↑ dinesh (2021-08-28). "Tax Store St Albans". TAX ACCOUNTANT ST ALBANS. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  5. 1 2 3 Brook, Stephen (2022-09-17). "How one family is buying up thousands of hotel poker machines". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Mathieson Jr buys $11.6m home". The Australian.
  7. ↑ "ALH settles on Compass' 12 hotels". PerthNow. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Australia: Investigation confirms that staff at venues run by Woolworths' subsidiary, ALH, collected personal data on gamblers, dispensed free drinks to encourage longer gambling sessions". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  9. ↑ Young, Andy (2021-10-06). "Bruce Mathieson Jr to leave Endeavour Group". The Shout. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  10. ↑ Foote, Callum (2022-12-23). "Pub billionaire's Endeavour sails into Captain Cook storm". Michael West. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  11. ↑ "Last drinks for Rich Lister Bruce Mathieson snr at Endeavour". Australian Financial Review. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  12. ↑ Evans, Simon (2014-04-11). "Mathieson pubs partnership pays out a win with Woolies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  13. ↑ Pallisco, Marc (2022-12-09). "Mathiesons expand empire with Paddington, Woolloongabba pubs". realestatesource. Retrieved 2023-06-17.


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