Sir Frank Packer, to put it mildly, was a most controversial figure in the sporting, newspaper, political and financial worlds. Sir Frank is regarded as a legendary Australian business and public figure who, among a variety of activities in a generally action-packed life, set the foundations for future media "styles" and ownership in Australia. The personal, corporate and public aspects of Frank Packer's life are explored in this engaging biography.
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This review is from: Sir Frank Packer: the Young Master (Hardcover)
The Packers are the most powerful family in Australia, dwarfing all others. Kerry Packer, the nation's richest man, and his son and heir apparent, James, are titans on the Australian business and political landscape, with extensive interests in media, telecommunications and sport. But the foundations for that wealth and influence were laid well before Kerry was even born, back when Sir Frank Packer, Kerry's father, ruled the Australian media with an iron fist.
Sir Frank Packer: the Young Master is the first definitive biography of this most enigmatic and controversial of business figures, a man who was inducted into the cutthroat world of journalism by his father, R.C. Packer, and created the juggernaut that is Australian Consolidated Press. This book traces his turbulent scholastic career, his beginnings as a jackeroo and cadet Journalist, his successes in the boxing ring,, and his chaperoning of the first Miss Australia on a promotional tour of the united States. What follows is a remarkable portrait of the life and times of one of Australia's most legendary media barons - his founding of ACP, his unusual partnership with former Labor premier and federal treasurer 'Red Ted' Theodore, his marriages and romantic liaison, his distinguished war service, his philanthropic activities, his political affiliations with prime ministers Sir Robert Menzies and Sir William McMahon, his spectacular takeover bids and editorial interventions, his pitched battles with trade unions, his two vigorous but unsuccessful challenges for the America's Cup, and his at times uneasy relationship with his sons, Clyde and Kerry. Based on painstaking research and extensive interviews around the world, Sir Frank Packer: The Young Master provides a fascinating account of a complex and domineering man who truly made the Packer name what it is today.
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