Bruce Gordon (born 4 February 1929 in Surry Hills, New South Wales[1]) is an Australian businessman. He is the owner of the Australian television network, WIN Television through his ownership of WIN Corporation, the largest shareholder of Network 10 & the largest shareholder of the Nine Network,[2] and holds a significant stake in Nine Entertainment Co.[3]
Bruce Gordon | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | Businessman; media owner; investor |
Known for | Owner of WIN Group |
Spouse | Judith Gordon |
From humble beginning, Gordon juggled fruit to lure customers into his father's street-side fruit stall. He continued to hone his magic skills into his 20s and gained his first performance at Sydney's Tivoli circuit theatre; later progressing onto management of the theatre. During this period he got to know Rupert Murdoch, Sir Frank Packer and his sons, Kerry and Clyde, and Bruce Gyngell.[1]
In 1962, Gordon was appointed the Australasian sales executive for Desilu Productions, which was sold to Gulf and Western, which renamed the studio Paramount Television.[1] Gordon worked as a programming executive for Paramount in Hollywood for thirty years.[3]
Gordon gained control of Television Wollongong Transmission Ltd (later rebadged as WIN TV) in 1979 from Murdoch.[4] He then expanded WIN Television's operations during the 1990s, buying out the other shareholders in 1991 after buying two licences in Queensland and Crawford Productions.[1] By the end of the decade WIN had licences and transmitters in all Australian states and mainland territories (except NT).[4]
Gordon holds a 50% share in the NRL St. George Illawarra Dragons club through WIN Corporation.[3]
Gordon lives in Bermuda with his second wife, Judith, with additional residences in Sydney and Monaco.[1] Gordon has a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Genevieve.[5]
As of May 2023[update], the Australian Financial Review assessed Gordon's net worth at A$1.30 billion.[6] Gordon is one of eleven living Australians who have appeared on every Rich List, since it was first published in 1984.[7][8]
Year | Financial Review Rich List |
Forbes Australia's 50 richest | ||
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Rank | Net worth A$ | Rank | Net worth US$ | |
2014[4][9] | 34 | $1.096 billion | 40 | $0.700 billion |
2015[10][11] | 46 | $1.060 billion | 41 | $0.720 billion |
2016[10][12] | 54 | $0.990 billion | 46 | $0.570 billion |
2017[3] | 107 | $0.629 billion | n/a | not listed |
2018[13] | 113 | $0.702 billion | ||
2019[14][15] | 134 | $0.728 billion | ||
2020[16] | 111 | $0.892 billion | ||
2021[7] | 123 | $0.870 billion | ||
2022 | 110 | $1.30 billion | ||
2023[6] | 133 | $1.07 billion |
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