Gerry Harvey
Gerry Harvey
Gerry Harveyis an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co-founded it with Ian Norman in 1982...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 September 1939
CountryAustralia
money people
Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities.
proved
If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.
course pay
If a company in Australia has to pay tax and the other one doesn't, of course it's a disadvantage.
dollars given millions
I've given away tens of millions of dollars over the years - probably to almost every charity in Australia.
amazed business cent per
I'll be amazed in my lifetime if my business gets to being 5 per cent online.
I was talking to Rupert Murdoch the other day at a lunch, and he said, 'Maybe I'll live to 100'. He actually thinks he will live to 100!
fear
I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it.
carried
I am a commonsense sort of a person, and I don't get carried away with emotion and fears.
generally
For me, anyone who is over 80, I generally sit down and have a chat to because he is over 80, and he is going OK.
At the end of the day, the more quality individuals you develop in the community, the better off the community should be.
conversation health might mind
All I can say to you, if you look after your health, eat the right stuff, do enough exercise, keep your mind active, you might be around when you're 100 having this conversation with someone.
deal develop great helping mentoring people spent time trying
I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.
interest lose people
The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight.
frozen groups hands huge matter media minority social strong system time
The political system is broke. It doesn't matter who the leader is if you are frozen in time and your hands are tied. Social media is so strong that minority groups get a huge say.