The Resource Kerry Packer : tall tales & true stories, Michael Stahl
Kerry Packer : tall tales & true stories, Michael Stahl
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- Summary
- Kerry Packer was instrumental in shaping Australia's media landscape and culture. For 30 years he controlled television's perennial ratings leader Channel Nine, and a large percentage of the nation's most influential magazines. So much of what Australians watched, read and believed came through the prism of this larger-than-life man. Beneath all the billionaire clutter, Kerry Packer had plenty in common with the average Jo: a cheeky humour, a competitive drive, deep love for his kids, a passion for sports and movies. In business, Kerry Packer would fight to the last dollar in a deal. Yet the same man would take his private jet to Las Vegas and lose more than $20 million in a week - then leave a $1 million tip. In his Park Street, Sydney office, where the visitors' chairs were clustered in front of his giant desk, Packer would verbally dissect a hapless executive, but no less often, the very same man would step in silently and invisibly when hardship or tragedy struck a loyal staffer or their family. Packer bulldozed through his dyslexic condition with a steel-trap mind and by asking an awful lot of questions. The son of a father who shunned him, he inherited a business in 1974 valued at perhaps $100m. When he died 31 years later, on Boxing Day 2005, he would hand his own much-loved son, James, control of a media, property, agriculture and gambling empire worth $6.9 billion. Kerry Packer: Tall Tales and True Stories is a collection of stories, gathered from people who knew him, from those who have documented him, and from the folklore that inevitably grew up around him
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742708508
- Label
- Kerry Packer : tall tales & true stories
- Title
- Kerry Packer
- Title remainder
- tall tales & true stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Stahl
- Title variation
- Kerry Packer
- Title variation remainder
- tall tales and true stories
- Subject
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- Broadcasting -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Broadcasting -- Australia -- Biography
- Businessmen
- Businessmen -- Australia
- Businesspeople -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- trueMass media -- Australia
- Mass media -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Mass media -- Australia -- Biography
- Millionaires -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Millionaires -- Australia -- Biography
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005
- Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005 -- Anecdotes
- truePublishers and publishing -- Australia
- Publishers and publishing -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- truePublishers and publishing -- Australia -- Biography
- trueBillionaires -- Australia -- Biography
- Broadcasting -- Australia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Kerry Packer was instrumental in shaping Australia's media landscape and culture. For 30 years he controlled television's perennial ratings leader Channel Nine, and a large percentage of the nation's most influential magazines. So much of what Australians watched, read and believed came through the prism of this larger-than-life man. Beneath all the billionaire clutter, Kerry Packer had plenty in common with the average Jo: a cheeky humour, a competitive drive, deep love for his kids, a passion for sports and movies. In business, Kerry Packer would fight to the last dollar in a deal. Yet the same man would take his private jet to Las Vegas and lose more than $20 million in a week - then leave a $1 million tip. In his Park Street, Sydney office, where the visitors' chairs were clustered in front of his giant desk, Packer would verbally dissect a hapless executive, but no less often, the very same man would step in silently and invisibly when hardship or tragedy struck a loyal staffer or their family. Packer bulldozed through his dyslexic condition with a steel-trap mind and by asking an awful lot of questions. The son of a father who shunned him, he inherited a business in 1974 valued at perhaps $100m. When he died 31 years later, on Boxing Day 2005, he would hand his own much-loved son, James, control of a media, property, agriculture and gambling empire worth $6.9 billion. Kerry Packer: Tall Tales and True Stories is a collection of stories, gathered from people who knew him, from those who have documented him, and from the folklore that inevitably grew up around him
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BVISBN
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stahl, Michael
- Dewey number
- 070.5092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Stahl, Michael
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Businesspeople
- Publishers and publishing
- Mass media
- Billionaires
- Mass media
- Publishers and publishing
- Broadcasting
- Mass media
- Millionaires
- Broadcasting
- Millionaires
- Broadcasting
- Publishers and publishing
- Mass media
- Businessmen
- Businessmen
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Kerry Packer : tall tales & true stories, Michael Stahl
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054334998
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742708508
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781742708508
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904227819
- Label
- Kerry Packer : tall tales & true stories, Michael Stahl
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054334998
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742708508
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781742708508
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904227819
Subject
- Broadcasting -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Broadcasting -- Australia -- Biography
- Businessmen
- Businessmen -- Australia
- Businesspeople -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- trueMass media -- Australia
- Mass media -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Mass media -- Australia -- Biography
- Millionaires -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Millionaires -- Australia -- Biography
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry
- Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005
- Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005 -- Anecdotes
- truePublishers and publishing -- Australia
- Publishers and publishing -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- truePublishers and publishing -- Australia -- Biography
- trueBillionaires -- Australia -- Biography
- Broadcasting -- Australia
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