He purchased QTQ-9 Brisbane and settled an outstanding defamation dispute the station had with the Queensland premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen by paying out A$400,000. Australia's first private university, Bond University, was founded by the Bond Corporation in 1987. Heileman Brewing Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin, US ), gold mining, television, and airships. He extended his business interests into fields outside property development including brewing (he controlled Castlemaine Tooheys in Australia, leading the business to legal success in the landmark constitutional law case of Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia, and G. In his heyday the Perth-based Bond was one of Australia's most prominent businesspeople. Lippo Centre in Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, 1988 bought from Alan Bond Some of his developments included apartments along the Swan River and Lesmurdie Heights.Īustralia, United States, Chile, Hong Kong, and Europe In the 1960s, as a property developer in an expanding market, he was one of WA's largest borrowers from finance companies eager to lend to developers and uncritical of the valuations Bond put on his estates. Nu-Signs changed its name to Lesmurdie Heights – after the name of Bond's biggest estate – and changed the name again to Bond Corporation in 1959. In 1956 he was charged with attempted burglary, having been found by police roaming the streets of Fremantle dressed in State Electricity Commission overalls and carrying tools. Career īond began his career as a signwriter under the name 'Nu-Signs' after terminating his apprenticeship 18 months before it was due to end. Aged 18, he was arrested for being unlawfully on premises, and reportedly admitted planning a robbery.

At the age of 14, he was charged with stealing and being unlawfully on premises. In 1950, aged 12, he emigrated to Australia with his parents and his elder sister Geraldine, living in Fremantle, near Perth. He is also the founder of Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.Īlan Bond was born on 22 April 1938, the son of Frank and Kathleen Bond in the Hammersmith district of London, England. He is also remembered for bankrolling the successful challenge for the 1983 America's Cup, the first time the New York Yacht Club had lost it in its 132-year history. These included his central role in the WA Inc scandals of the 1980s the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history and also his criminal conviction that saw him serve four years in prison. Alan Bond (22 April 1938 – 5 June 2015) was an Australian businessman noted for his high-profile and often corrupt business dealings.

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