Kerry Packer
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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