Eddy Groves (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian businessman, founder and Global Chief Executive Officer of ABC Learning, one of Australia's largest companies and one of the world's biggest childcare providers. June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... ABC Learning Ltd. ... It has been suggested that baby care be merged into this article or section. ...

He moved to Australia when he was four years old with parents from Durban in South Africa and grew up in Brisbane. He was educated at Padua College. He briefly studied accounting at the Queensland University of Technology before dropping out to focus on his business activities. Central area of Durban Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (29°53′S 31°03′E). ... Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Padua College is a private school located on the north-side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Queensland University of Technology (QUT) QUT Gardens Point Campus Graduation at QUT Gardens Point Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is one of Australias largest universities and is located in Brisbane, Queensland. ...

After leaving school, he got his first job as a bank clerk and then later as a milkman for Pauls Milk in Brisbane. Armed with a loan from his family he bought a distributorship when he was nineteen years old which was the start of his business career. He expanded his milk distribution business to the point where his company Quantum Food is now the biggest distributor of milk in Queensland.

He and his wife identified an opportunity in the childcare space on the basis that it was a "needed service" much like milk distribution, and they opened a childcare centre in suburban Brisbane in 1988. Run as a franchise model, their centres quickly became successful, expanded quickly, with bank finance from St George Bank of $20 million by 1993 and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2001. They both retain a 14.9% share in the company now worth $2.5 billion, making Eddy Groves one of Australia's richest people according to Business Review Weekly. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Banks of Australia | Australia-related stubs ... The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... The Business Review Weekly (BRW) is Australias pre-eminent weekly business magazine. ...

Groves is well connected politically with prominent conservative political figures like former federal Minister Larry Anthony and former Lord Mayor of Brisbane Sally-Anne Atkinson on the board of his company. Hon Larry Anthony Lawrence James Larry Anthony (born 17 December 1961), Australian politician, was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from March 1996 until his defeat in the parliamentary election of October 9, 2004. ... This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Brisbane , Queensland, Australia, a Local Government Area covering much of the urban area in the Brisbane River valley. ...

In 1999, Groves purchased the Brisbane Bullets basketball team that competes in the NBL competition. He restructured the organisation, injected funds causing the team to be much more successful, making the finals in the 2003/4 season. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Brisbane Bullets are a professional basketball team competing in Australias National Basketball League. ...

He is a flamboyant person by the standards of usually conservative businessmen. He wears alligator skin shoes, drives a red Ferrari and prefers to commute using a helicopter. He recently emerged unscathed from a helicopter accident. Both ABC Learning and Groves are generous philanthropists, giving financial support to the Queensland Institue of Medical Research and the Brisbane Royal Childrens Hospital. He lives on the Gold Coast with wife Le Neve. The current Ferrari logo Ferrari is an Italian constructor in the Formula One World Championship, as well as a manufacturer of high-end race cars, exotic cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. ...

External Links

• Eddy Groves BRW Rich list entry
• Top 10 Entrepreners Australian Financial Review
• Eddy Groves Biography from Speakers Agency