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Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer AC (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century.
Kerry Packer was a larger-than-life gambler, a mogul who signed $1 million markers as if they were checks to Con Ed. He gambled for the kinds of stakes that kick-started the adrenal glands of even the most jaded casino executives.
Dec 27, 2005 · Kerry Packer, who became Australia's richest man by turning a magazine and television inheritance worth millions into a diverse business worth billions, died yesterday in Sydney. He...
Feb 27, 2015 · Kerry Packer: Tall tales & true stories. HE WAS the Australian media tycoon who loved to take a punt. A new book takes a look at some of the big gambles made by Kerry Packer.
Jan 20, 2019 · The Cricket War – The Story of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket. Gideon Haigh relives the night that changed the game forever, as a near-capacity crowd turned out for a floodlit match at the SCG between the WSC Australia and West Indies sides.
A sick, lonely child who grew up to command a hugely influential media empire, Australian tycoon Kerry Packer led a death-defying life that still fascinates.
Kerry Packer. 1937 - 2005 | NSW | Proprietor. Kerry Packer emerged from the shadow of his father - and nine months in an iron lung as a childhood polio victim - to become Australia’s richest man and a powerful media baron.
Kerry Packer, the man responsible for World Series Cricket and the explosion of the one-day game, died in Sydney aged 68.
Dec 26, 2005 · Kerry Packer, the man responsible for World Series Cricket (WSC) and the explosion of the one-day game, has died in Sydney aged 68. Packer, a media mogul billionaire, was behind the damaging...
Dec 27, 2005 · Kerry Packer, the Australian media magnate, has died, unexpectedly, aged 68. Mr Packer was the country’s richest man with an estimated fortune of $4.5bn. His death, on Boxing Day, leaves his...
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