Gerry Harvey is
very popular in Australia because he is approachable; someone you can just chat
with anywhere. Such characteristics are very unlikely of a billionaire. Harvey
is the owner of one of Australia’s biggest home entertainment and furniture
retail stores.
The retail store
Harvey Norman started in 1961 when
Gerry and his friend Ian Norman sold electrical goods. The store was known back
then as Norman Ross until Alan Bond, an Australian businessman bought the
company in the early 1980s.
Harvey and
Norman opened a new store in 1982 and named it Harvey Norman. The growth of the
company was quick and the company was traded public at the Australian stock
exchange under the name Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. Soon, the company expanded
to other countries like New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore and even as far as
Slovenia and Ireland.
Harvey is also
passionate about horses. He owns a stable of hundreds of pedigree racehorses.
He holds 50% of Magic
Millions, an auction house which sells the most expensive racehorses in
Australia.
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