Graham Tuckwell

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Graham Tuckwell

AO
Born
Canberra, Australia
Alma mater Australian National University
Occupation(s)Businessman and philanthropist
Known forFund manager
SpouseLouise Tuckwell
Children4

Graham Tuckwell AO is an Australian businessman and philanthropist. [1]

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Background and early career

Graham John Tuckwell was born in Canberra. [2] He lived at Bruce Hall at the Australian National University, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Economics in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

He started his career as an advisor to Vince FitzGerald in the Department of the Prime Minister. [4]

Financial services career

He later founded Investor Resources Limited, [4] and served as Head of Mining for the Asia-Pacific region for Salomon Brothers and as executive director of Normandy Mining. [6] He also worked as an investment advisor to Credit Suisse First Boston and Schroders, both in London and Australia. [4] [6]

He is the founder and chairman of ETF Securities, an investment firm focused on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded commodities and exchange-traded currencies. [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] It holds A$30  billion in assets and it is the seventh largest ETP[ jargon ] in the world. [2] [4] In 2003, he also started Gold Bullion Securities, an ETP linked to the value of gold as a commodity. [4] [8]

Tuckwell is also the founder and Chairman of the venture capital firm ETFS Capital. [10] The firm has invested in companies including cryptocurrency ETF issuer 21Shares. [11] In 2021, ETFS Capital acquired etf.com. [12]

Personal life

Tuckwell is married to Louise (Wright) Tuckwell, a philanthropist, [2] [4] [5] [9] they have four children, [2] [4] and they reside in Melbourne. Tuckwell's net worth was assessed at A$683 million on the Financial Review 2019 Rich List. [13] Tuckwell's net worth did not meet the A$472 million cut-off for the Financial Review 2020 Rich List. [14]

Philanthropy

In 2012, he co-founded the Tuckwell Foundation with Louise [15] and in 2013 donated A$50 million to the Australian National University, subsequently increased to A$100 million as at 12 July 2016. [2] [5] [9] [7] [16] [17] As part of the program he endowed, students are selected to become "Tuckwell Scholars" each year, receive a stipend of $24,700. [2] [16] The program is overseen by "Tuckwell Fellows." [2]

The Tuckwell Foundation has also donated to the Education Building Fund and St. Columb's Anglican Church Hall in Hawthorn, Victoria. [15]

Recognition

Tuckwell was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the community through philanthropic support of education scholarships, and to business". [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian National University to receive $100 million donation from former student; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; 12 July 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Macdonald, Emma (5 February 2013). "Billionaire gives back with $50m uni donation". The Canberra Times .
  3. 1 2 Graham John Tuckwell, Bloomberg Businessweek
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tuckwell Foundation: Governance
  5. 1 2 3 Rowbotham, Jill (5 February 2013). "Entrepreneur Graham Tuckwell donates $50m for ANU undergrads". The Australian .
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Aussie banker on British rich list". The Australian . 30 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 Thomson, James (1 August 2013). "Graham Tuckwell: a shining example". BRW . Archived from the original on 13 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 Bailey, Michael (1 August 2013). "Graham Tuckwell: why I didn't sell a $1.5b business". BRW'. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 Strickland, Katrina (July 2014). "Giving It Away: Graham Tuckwell". The Australian Financial Review Magazine: The Wealth Issue'. p. 28.
  10. ↑ "Graham Tuckwell • ETFS Capital". ETFS Capital. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "Companies • ETFS Capital". ETFS Capital. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "ETFS Capital acquires ETF.com from Cboe". ETF Stream. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  13. ↑ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed" . The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  15. 1 2 Tuckwell Foundation: Activity
  16. 1 2 Dodd, Tim (24 February 2014). "No magic formula to being a Tuckwell scholar". The Australian Financial Review .
  17. ↑ Dodd, Tim (24 February 2014). "Tuckwell pleased to start donation domino". The Australian Financial Review .
  18. ↑ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Office of the Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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