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Kerry Packer (70 words) |
 | Kerry Packer (born 1937) is arguably Australia's richest man, as his major rival for the title, Rupert Murdoch, became an American citizen in the 1980s. |
| Packer is the major shareholder in Publishing and Broadcasting Limited[?], which owns the Nine television network and Australian Consolidated Press[?], which produces many of Australia's top-selling magazines. |
| Packer is involved in a number of other gambling and tourism ventures, notably the Crown casino[?] in Melbourne. |
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Kerry Packer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (950 words) |
| Packer is widely respected in business circles, courted by politicians on both sides, and there is no doubt that he is one of the most astute businessmen of his time, despite the fact that he was a poor student. |
| Packer also occasionally interferes directly in the programming of his TV stations, and during the early 1990s he famously called his Sydney station, TCN-9 and ordered that the Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos program hosted by Doug Mulray be taken off air, because he objected to the content. |
| Packer is a keen polo player, was a longtime chain smoker, and remains an avid gambler, fabled for his titanic wins and losses. |
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