Bruce Gordon (businessman)

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Bruce Gordon
Born (1929-02-04) 4 February 1929 (age 92)
Surry Hills, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
OccupationBusinessman; media owner; investor
Known forOwner of WIN Group
Spouse(s)Judith Gordon

Bruce Gordon (born 4 February 1929 in Surry Hills, New South Wales[3]) 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,[4] and holds a significant stake in Nine Entertainment Co.[5]

Career[]

Raised 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.[3]

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.[3] Gordon worked as a programming executive for Paramount in Hollywood for thirty years.[5]

Gordon gained control of Television Wollongong Transmission Ltd (later rebadged as WIN TV) in 1979 from Murdoch.[6] 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.[3] By the end of the decade WIN had licences and transmitters in all Australian states and mainland territories (except NT).[6]

Gordon holds a 50% share in the NRL St. George Illawarra Dragons club through WIN Corporation.[5]

Personal life[]

Gordon lives in Bermuda with his second wife, Judith, with additional residences in Sydney and Monaco.[3]

In 2021, the Australian Financial Review assessed Gordon's net worth at A$870 million.[1] Gordon is one of eleven living Australians who have appeared on every Rich List, since it was first published in 1984.[1][7]

Wealth rankings[]

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 richest
Rank Net worth
A$ bn 		Rank Net worth
US$ bn
2014[6][8] 34 1.096 40 Increase 0.700 Increase
2015[9][10] 46 Decrease 1.060 Decrease 41 Decrease 0.720 Increase
2016[9][2] 54 Decrease 0.990 Decrease 46 Decrease 0.570 Decrease
2017[5] 107 Decrease 0.629 Decrease n/a not listed
2018[11] 113 Decrease 0.702 Increase
2019[12][13] 134 Decrease 0.728 Increase
2020[14] 111 Increase 0.892 Increase
2021[1] 123 Decrease 0.870 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. ^ a b c d Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2016 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Chessell, James; Totaro, Paolo (7 March 2015). "How Bruce Gordon, the man from WIN, helped catch Silvio Berlusconi". Financial Review. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ^ Windsor, Georgina (11 February 2010). "WIN Corp owner Bruce Gordon sues Nine over live-streaming of TV channels". The Australian. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 34. Bruce Gordon". BRW. Sydney. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  7. ^ Thomson, James (22 May 2013). "Celebrating 30 years of the Rich 200". BRW Rich 200. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ^ "2014 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "BRW rich list topped by Harry Triguboff, Gina Rinehart slips to fourth". ABC News. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  10. ^ "2015 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  11. ^ Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  12. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Bruce Gordon ranked 134 on Australian Financial Review's Rich List". Illawarra Mercury. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  14. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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