Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes
Kerry Matthew Stokes ACis an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcast repeating corporations in Australia. He was awarded Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australiain recognition of his contributions to Australian business...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth13 September 1940
CountryAustralia
I am a pretty tough nut, I guess, and I love art as one of the expressions that probably appeals to my softer side that a lot of people would deny I had.
Every father loves their children. I love my two sons very dearly. The only thing that is important to me is that they do what they want to do. They shouldn't feel a sense of obligation.
I love Perth. It is my home, and no matter where I am in the world, Perth is where my heart is.
If we actually love what we're doing and we go and do what we love, and every day we get up because we're really happy to get up and go and do what we do, you can't actually do that without expression, and art forms part of that mix of expression that makes the whole package of life so enjoyable to be in.
Due to economic conditions in our region, we felt that our capital could be much better employed in Australia,
Yes, I may well have done, yes, I did.
We are pleased to be back in football.
Unfortunately if you want to protect your interests there is sometimes no other way of doing business with Telstra.
I resent that, ... I resent that. There was never any legal action or anything ever asserted in that manner.
Frankly, if you can sell something at $80 a tonne that cost you $20 a tonne, you might want to sell as much as you can.
It depends on your point of view, yes.
Our balance sheet provides us with the ability to act on investment opportunities in appropriate areas that diversify and broaden our portfolio, including the gas and energy sector.
If you have a difficult message to deliver in any circumstance, it's always best to do it first up-front, and probably be a bit harder than you have to be because it's always easier to be nicer afterwards.
I just decided that I wasn't going to gain anything by going to school, since we couldn't afford it anyway, so I left school very early and went to work and progressively did things.