Harry Triguboff
Harry Triguboff
Harry Oscar Triguboff AO, an Australian billionaire residential property developer, is one of Australia's richest people. He is the founder and managing director of Meriton and is colloquially known as "high-rise Harry". In May 2016 Triguboff was declared the wealthiest person in Australia by net worth in the annual BRW Rich 200 list...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth3 March 1933
CountryAustralia
cannot embarrass involved money politician politics time waste
I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.
employ maybe
I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be.
consider couple following footsteps grandson intent
I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the other hand, I have a grandson intent on following my footsteps and another grandson in another couple of years.
against australian became build further higher home newspapers telling worse
The newspapers were against me. They were telling me that the Australian dream was a home. But that dream became worse and worse as they had to live further away from the city. My dream became better as we could build higher and higher.
business difficult future interested management produce sell strong
It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it.
jewish main
We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school.
takes time
We can't express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.
depriving newspapers people
The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted.
believe good local people
The market is good when the local people are in it and believe in it and support it. That's what I want.
government promoting time tourism
The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.
built buy funds lots money people super
People have lots of money in super, but they have no money in the bank, and the super funds are not built to help people buy property.
good properties stream
My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.
interest nobody support team time waste
My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.
feasible prices
Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.