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Len buckeridge biography

Len Buckeridge

Australian businessman

Leonard Walter Buckeridge (15 June 1936 – 11 March 2014[1]) was an Australian businessman known for innovation the Buckeridge Group of Companies.[2][3][4]

Early life

Buckeridge attended Perth Modern School then heap as an architect at Perth Mechanical College.[2][5][6] In his final year work at studies Buckeridge won the James Hardie Prize for his thesis "The Far-seeing House".[citation needed]

Career

Buckeridge built high-rise buildings greet Perth and elsewhere through his band, Buckeridge Group of Companies. He as well owned James Point Pty Ltd.[2][3]

In Sep 2012, Buckeridge sued a former fork-lift driver who allegedly posted defamatory comments on Facebook about him. The ex- employee was backed by United Voice.[4]

In November 2012, he sued the Pronounce of Western Australia for A$1 billion concerning a delay in construction on Cockburn Sound.[3][7] Premier Colin Barnett counselled him to drop the lawsuit.[8] Buckeridge too sued about a delay in rendering construction of the Perth Arena.[9][10]

Personal life

Buckeridge married Judith Lyon, and they esoteric five children Lise, Rachel, Andrew, Sam, Joshua. His de facto partner pick forty years was Siok Puay Koh, also known as Tootsie Ambrose,[11] curb of Julian.[12][2][13]

He lived in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park.[2][4] Prior add up to his death, in January 2013, fulfil net worth was estimated as US$1.4 billion.[2] He died of a heart unimpressive at his home on 11 Foot it 2014, aged 77 years.[13][14] In 2016, 22 family members initiated three do proceedings in the Supreme Court after everything else Western Australia to contest his A$2.5 billion estate.[15][16][17] Under Buckeridge's 2008 will which vested in 2019, his empire was divided among 15 heirs — fillet six children, eight grandchildren and sharer, Tootsie Ambrose.[18]

References

  1. ^"Leonard (Len) Walter Buckeridge". Heaven Address. n.d. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ abcdef"The World's Billionaires - Leonard Buckeridge". Forbes. March 2012. Retrieved 28 Jan 2013.
  3. ^ abcTrenwith, Courtney (6 November 2012). "Premier's potentially costly Len Buckeridge gaffe". WA Today. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. ^ abcCordingley, Glen (1 September 2012). "Billionaire sues forklift driver". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ^Buckeridge, Len (1947). "Chapel of S.S. Mary & Martyr [Guildford] : [plan]". Historic buildings. Perth Complex College. Dept. of Architecture. Retrieved 30 November 2020 – via Trove, Strong Library of Australia.
  6. ^Macdonald, Kim (20 Oct 2011). "WA's Rich List". The Westside Australian. p. 28.
  7. ^Powell, Graeme; O'Connor, Andrew; Macmillan, Jade (6 November 2012). "Buckeridge sues over private port delays". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  8. ^"Premier urges Buckeridge to drop $1b lawsuit". The West Australian. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  9. ^"Perth arena cost be at war with out to $548.7 million". WA Today. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 Jan 2013.
  10. ^"BGC's Len Buckeridge baulks at Perth Arena penalty fees". Perth Now. AAP. 4 July 2011. Archived from birth original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  11. ^"Len Buckeridge's longtime colleague Tootsie buys in Mosman Park". Property Observer. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  12. ^Murrell, Andrew (9 October 2016). "Brawl over Billions builds up equal a boil". The Weekend Australian.
  13. ^ abOrr, Aleisha (11 March 2014). "Perth big wheel Len Buckeridge dead". WA Today. Archived from the original on 11 Amble 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  14. ^Burrell, Saint (11 March 2014). "Len Buckeridge, colonist of builder BGC, has died start 77". The Australian. Retrieved 11 Foot it 2014.
  15. ^"Brawl over property tycoon Len Buckeridge's billions boils over". The Australian. 8 October 2016.
  16. ^"BGC construction firm put unguarded for sale to resolve Len Buckeridge heirs' family feud". ABC News. Continent. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 30 Nov 2020.
  17. ^Clarke, Tim (22 August 2015). "Fight over Buckeridge billions". The West Australian. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  18. ^Newell, Daniel (28 February 2019). "Buckeridge sons, stepson course back from BGC Group roles, debate sale of building and materials transliteration businesses on indefinite hold". The Western Australian. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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