Alex Waislitz

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Alex Waislitz
Born (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater
OccupationInvestor
Organizations
  • Thorney Investment Group (Founder and CEO)
  • Collingwood Football Club (Vice-President)
  • View Media Group (Founder)
Spouse
Heloise Pratt
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(m. 1994;sep. 2015)​
PartnerRebekah Behbahani (since 2017)
Children4
Family

Alex Waislitz OAM (born 1958) is an Australian investor.

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Waislitz was elected to the Collingwood Football Club Board of Directors in 1998, elected as vice-president in 2009, and has provided philanthropic support to the club. [1]

Early life and education

Waislitz was born to a Jewish family. Both his Warsaw-born father, David (1922-2009), and his mother were immigrants from Poland. [2] He graduated from Monash University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce; and completed the executive education course Owner/President Management Program of the Harvard Business School after acquiring his wealth.[ citation needed ]

Career

Waislitz has been a member of several Boards of directors. [3] He is director of various Pratt Group and Visy Industries companies. [4] In 1991 he founded Thorney Investment Group and served as inaugural executive director until 2009. Thorney invests in public securities, private companies and property, and has close connection to the Pratt family investments. [5] Thorney specialises in emerging companies across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, technology, mining services and resources. In 2016 the Australian Taxation Office revealed that the company had paid no tax in 2013-14, despite revenue of A$430 million. [6]

Waislitz has served as a Director of Collingwood Football Club since 1998 [7] and as Vice President of the Club since 2009.

He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Ben-Gurion University School of Management. [8]

In June 2023, Waislitz was awarded a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division for "service to the community through a range of organisations". [9]

Waislitz is also a movie producer; and has produced movies such as Hotel de Love & Joey .[ citation needed ]

Personal life

In 1994 Waislitz married Heloise Pratt, daughter of businessman Richard Pratt and his wife, Jeanne. [10] They had three children, Jacob Waislitz, Amelia Waislitz and Joseph Waislitz. Waislitz and his wife separated in 2015. [11] [12] In November 2020, Waislitz announced his engagement to Rebekah Behbahani. They have one child, Storm Waislitz. [13]

Net worth

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)Rank Net worth (US$)
2017 [14] [15] [16] $1.24  billion not listed
2018 [17] 54$1.39 billion Increase2.svgnot listed
2019 [18] [19] 56Decrease2.svg$1.56 billion Increase2.svgnot listed
2020 [20] 65Decrease2.svg$1.49 billion Decrease2.svg
2021 [21] 77Decrease2.svg$1.50 billion Increase2.svg
202282Decrease2.svg$1.51 billion Increase2.svg
2023 [22] 101Decrease2.svg$1.41 billion Decrease2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year

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  3. ↑ "Board Of Directors – Thorney" . Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Thorney makes trash its treasure The Age, Melbourne, 8/9/2003
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  6. ↑ "98 private companies earning over $200m pay no tax: ATO". ABC News . Australia. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Directors List - Collingwood Football Club". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "International Advisory Board, Honours MBA, Ben-Gurion University". Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  9. ↑ Staff, Ajn. "Mazal Tov to our King's Birthday honourees". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Kitney, Damon (28 May 2011). "Pratt heir reveals his grief after loss of father". The Australian .
  11. ↑ "Lessons in a stormy appearance for Alex Waislitz, Rebekah Behbahani" . The Australian . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Heloise Pratt". Fortune . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Billionaire investor proposes to Real Housewife's sister" . Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  15. ↑ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey . Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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