Alex Waislitz

Alex Waislitz
Born (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater
OccupationInvestor
Organizations
Spouse
Heloise Pratt
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(m. 1994; sep. 2015)​
PartnerRebekah Behbahani (since 2017)
Children4
Family

Alex Waislitz OAM (born 1958) is an Australian investor.

Waislitz was elected to the Collingwood Football Club Board of Directors in 1998, elected as vice-president in 2009, and has provided philanthropic support to the club.[1]

Early life and education

Waislitz was born to a Jewish family. Both his Warsaw-born father, David (1922-2009), and his mother were immigrants from Poland.[2] He graduated from Monash University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce.

Career

Waislitz has been a member of several Boards of directors.[3] He is director of various Pratt Group and Visy companies.[4] In 1991 he founded Thorney Investment Group and served as inaugural executive director until 2009. Thorney invests in public securities, private companies and property, and has close connection to the Pratt family investments.[5] Thorney specialises in emerging companies across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, technology, mining services and resources. Waislitz has served as a Director of Collingwood Football Club since 1998[6] and as Vice President of the Club since 2009.

He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Ben-Gurion University School of Management.[7]

In June 2023, Waislitz was awarded a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division for "service to the community through a range of organisations".[8]

Waislitz is also a movie producer; and has produced movies such as Hotel de Love & Joey.[citation needed]

Personal life

In 1994 Waislitz married Heloise Pratt, daughter of businessman Richard Pratt and his wife, Jeanne.[9] They had three children, Jacob Waislitz, Amelia Waislitz and Joseph Waislitz. Waislitz and his wife separated in 2015.[10][11] In November 2020, Waislitz announced his engagement to Rebekah Behbahani. They have one child, Storm Waislitz.[12]

Net worth

Year Financial Review Rich List Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[13][14][15] $1.24 billion not listed
2018[16] 54 $1.39 billion Increase not listed
2019[17][18] 56 Decrease $1.56 billion Increase not listed
2020[19] 65 Decrease $1.49 billion Decrease
2021[20] 77 Decrease $1.50 billion Increase
2022 82 Decrease $1.51 billion Increase
2023[21] 101 Decrease $1.41 billion Decrease
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

References

  1. ^ Warner, Michael; McFarlane, Glenn (15 March 2010). "Collingwood enjoys windfall". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ "Meet Australia's 'Warren Buffett', Alex Waislitz". Australian Financial Review. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Board Of Directors – Thorney". Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ Thorney makes trash its treasure The Age, Melbourne, 8 September 2003
  5. ^ "News Profile: A boy bought two cows..." The Age. Melbourne. 21 October 2006.
  6. ^ "Directors List - Collingwood Football Club". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  7. ^ "International Advisory Board, Honours MBA, Ben-Gurion University". Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  8. ^ Staff, Ajn. "Mazal Tov to our King's Birthday honourees". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  9. ^ Kitney, Damon (28 May 2011). "Pratt heir reveals his grief after loss of father". The Australian.
  10. ^ "Lessons in a stormy appearance for Alex Waislitz, Rebekah Behbahani". The Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Heloise Pratt". Fortune. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Billionaire investor proposes to Real Housewife's sister". Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  13. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  14. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  16. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  17. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  18. ^ "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  19. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  20. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  21. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.