Alan Bond (born April 22, 1938) is an Australian businessman famous for high-profile business ventures, Alan Bond opened the way for a new style of entrepreneur internationally; building up companies and turning them into the most successful entities in the world with enthusiasm and innovation. The Bond portfolio grew steadily from property to mining into broadcasting and on into telecommunications. There has always been a long-term strategic plan of looking ahead, 10 to 20 years in each activity and then onto future generations so that all benefit from the development of the buisnesses he created. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister Geraldine in 1950. Beginning his career as a signwriter he formed what was to be Bond Corporation in 1959. The Perth-based Bond made his fortune initially in property development and at one time was one of Australia's most prominent businesspeople. In 1970 he acquired three America's Cup bid yachts from Sir Frank Packer. He later extended his business interests into other fields including brewing (he controlled Castlemaine Tooheys and G. Heileman Brewing Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin), gold mining and television. Australia's first private university,Bond University, which bears Alan Bonds name. Bond University has been likened to Harvard in the United States. Alan, who originally funded and founded this project, recently said: Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The Perth skyline veiwed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Sir Frank Packer (December 3, 1906–May 1, 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine television network. ... A 16th century brewer A 21st century brewer This article concerns the production of alcoholic beverages. ... Tooheys is an Australian brewery in the suburb of Lidcombe, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, was a brewery firm that operated in 1858-1996. ... Location in the state of Wisconsin Coordinates: Counties La Crosse County Mayor Mark Johnsrud Area    - City 22. ... Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ... Bond University was the first private university in Australia. ...

“I am proud for the students who have achieved academic excellence here as this would not have been possible without the outstanding professorial staff who have come from around the world to make it the success it is today”

Australia’s first privately funded University has enabled Australians to look to a new role in the competitive marketplace. The vision and inspiration of Alan and his family together with the combined effort of people around him ensures that his projects always become part of the community Alan Bond a public hero in his adopted country after bankrolling challenges for the yachting trophy the America's Cup, which resulted in his selection as Australian of the Year in 1978. He finally won the trophy (which had been held by the USA since 1851). Yachting is a noncommercial boating activity. ... The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. ... The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960. ...

He purchased QTQ-9, Brisbane and settled an outstanding defamation dispute the station had with the Queensland premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen by paying out AUD$400,000. He said in a television interview several years later that he paid because "Sir Joh left no doubt that if we were going to continue to do business successfully in Queensland then he expected the matter to be resolved". QTQ-9 is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... Libel redirects here. ... Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG, (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005), New Zealand-born Australian politician, was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ...

In 1987 he paid $1 billion for the Australia-wide Nine television network from Kerry Packer's PBL before selling it back to PBL in 1990 for $250 million. The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer AC (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon. ... Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, or PBL, is one of Australias major media companies. ...

Since 2004, interests related to the Alan Bond family have held non-voting shares in Madagascar Oil, a business he cofounded with Sam Malin and Robert Nelson. Interests related to the Bond family they also hold shares in Lesotho Diamond Corporation (Kao Diamonds).* Official website Madagascar Oil SA (a subsidiary of Madagascar Oil Limited, Bermuda) is a Malagasy company focussing on the development, exploration and production of petroleum. ... Sam Malin (born 29 September 1963) is a Canadian businessman based in Madagascar. ...

The Alan Bond family's Charity has created a new organisation which is a major step in the Alan Bond family's pledge to help under-developing countries throughout the world starting in Lesotho. The foundation will focus especially on countries that have set the course to help themselves and will work directly with community based organisations already active in each country.

In Lesotho, projects, including help to remote villages, will assist vulnerable children and all the documentation will be in Sesotho and English. The statistics tell their own story since there are at least 120,000 orphans throughout the country and life expectancy is only 37 years and is falling mainly as a consequence of HIV/AIDS. The increasing rate at which children are being orphaned and abandoned has prompted the establishing of the organisation.The Alan Bond charity plans to offer long-term support to the countries determined to help themselves and will provide extra support to projects that have missed out on large scale funding. The Alan Bond charity will also assist to reverse the fact that many of these developing nations have a higher HIV rate

References

• Paul Barry, The Rise And Fall Of Alan Bond, Bantam Books, 1991 ISBN 1-86359-037-4
• Alan Bond and Rob Mundle, Bond, HarperCollinsPublishers Pty Limited, 2004 ISBN 0-7322-7494-X

External links

• Official website

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