Peter Rowsthorn (businessman)

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Peter Rowsthorn
Born1930
NationalityAustralian
Occupation Businessman
Family Mark Rowsthorn (son)

Peter Rowsthorn (born 1930) is an Australian businessman. [1] He is the former chairman of Toll Holdings, Australia's largest transport company, having bought the company with Paul Little in 1986. [2] [3] He is now the owner of Wadham Park and Woodside, a horse training facility and a stud farm respectively. [4]

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References

  1. $150 million and more Australian Financial Review 18 May 2001
  2. "About Toll". Toll Group . Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  3. Gottliebsen, Robert (9 September 2006). "Chief Little's big plan for Toll". The Australian . News Limited. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  4. How Rowsthorn's Irish stud turned into a tax dud Australian Financial Review 30 November 2018