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James
Douglas Packer (born 8 September 1967 in Sydney,
Australia) is an Australian businessman and currently
Australia's seventh richest man.
Packer is the son of the late billionaire media
mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer.
He inherited the family company, Consolidated
Press Holdings Limited, which controls investments
in Crown Limited, Consolidated Media Holdings
and other companies. He is the former Executive
Chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
(PBL), which owned some stations of the Australian
commercial television network Nine. His indirect
shareholding in Nine through Consolidated Media
Holdings is now 0.074 per cent.
James
was educated at Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill
Sydney. After obtaining the Higher School Certificate
(HSC) at Cranbrook, Kerry decided it was time
to toughen his son up to prepare him for the world
of business. James is of Greek descent on his
mothers side. He was sent to his father's extensive
Newcastle Waters cattle station in the Northern
Territory, where he worked as a jackeroo. His
father dismissed the idea of sending young James
to university by saying "Why would he want
to go there [to University]. To go learn to smoke
marijuana?"
Besides his father, his toughest mentor has been
Albert J. Dunlap. Dunlap is known in American
business circles for shedding massive numbers
of company workforces to improve the finances
of corporations; his tenure at Sunbeam is a specific
example.
Personal
life
Packer
is married to model and singer Erica Baxter, whom
he wed in the equivalent of a civil ceremony on
20 June 2007 after dating on and off for four
years. The wedding was at the Antibes town hall,
and the second ceremony took place at Hotel du
Cap - Eden Roc in Cap d'Antibes on the French
Rivera. Their first child, a girl named Indigo,
was born at Mater Hospital on July 27th, 2008.
Packer's past girlfriends have included Tania
Bryer and Joan Severance. After breaking off a
two year engagement to Kate Fischer, in October
1999, he married swimsuit model Jodhi Meares with
whom he separated in June 2002. He currently resides
in the plush suburb of Bellevue Hill, in Sydney's
eastern suburbs. He lives in the same estate (known
as Packer Estate) that his late grandfather, Frank
Packer, did. At the centre of this estate is the
"Cairnton" mansion. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
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