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Australian billionaire businessman
Brett Blundy
Born 1959 or 1960 (age 63–64)
[1] Citizenship Australia Occupations Known for Spouse Vanessa Speer
[2] Children 2
Brett Blundy (born 1959/1960) is an Australian
billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former
chairman of
BB Retail Capital , which owns companies such as
Sanity Entertainment ,
Bras N Things , and Aventus Property Group.
[3]
[4] He is part-owner of
BridgeClimb Sydney , one of Australia's biggest
tourist attractions .
[5] In 2015 Blundy expanded his business operations into
cattle farming .
[6]
Career
BB Retail Capital (BBRC) was founded by Blundy in 1980
[7] with the purchase of a single
record store "Disco Duck",
[8] now known as Sanity Entertainment Group.
[9]
In 2005, he purchased Diva, a fashion jewellery store founded by Colette and Mark Hayman. Diva had close to 200 stores in Australia and New Zealand and 400 in international markets.
[10]
In 2010, he launched
Lovisa , a
fast fashion jewellery brand.
[11] As of July 2023, Lovisa has 801 stores across 39 countries.
[12]
In early 2018, Bras N Things was sold to the US company
Hanes .
[13]
Personal life
He is married, with two children, and lives in
Singapore .
[1]
Blundy owns a 242-foot (74 m) megayacht, Cloud 9 .
[14]
Net worth
References
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"Forbes profile: Brett Blundy" . Forbes . Retrieved 28 September 2018 .
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"Brett Blundy's BridgeClimb too far for ASX float list" .
The Weekend Australian . 10 September 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
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"Billionaire Brett Blundy's retail recipe that made his executives millions" . Financial Review . 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017 .
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"Aventus Property Group — Specialist Fund and Asset Manager" . Aventus Property . Archived from
the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017 .
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"BridgeClimb profits cheer Hungry Jack Cowin and Brett Blundy, but here's why Singo won't be smiling" . Financial Review . 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
^ Curtain, Carl (8 December 2015).
"Australian billionaire Brett Blundy buys two Northern Territory cattle stations from Paraway Pastoral for $100 million" .
ABC News . Australia.
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"BBRC | About Us" . www.bbrcworld.com . Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
^ Tan, Gillian (8 April 2013).
"Australian Millionaire Brett Blundy Moves to Singapore" . WSJ . Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
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"Exclusive photos: Cloud 9 200-ft super yacht - LifestyleAsia Singapore" . www.lifestyleasia.com . Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
^ Keating, Eloise (28 May 2014).
"What's happening at Diva? Confusion over future of Australian fashion accessories chain - SmartCompany" . SmartCompany . Retrieved 17 March 2017 .
^ Mcilraith, Brianna (19 September 2023).
"Lovisa paid $153,000 in wage arrears to employees" . Stuff . Retrieved 20 September 2023 .
^ Pattabiraman, Rakshnna (24 August 2023).
"Lovisa pushes ahead with global expansion as profits rise" . Inside Retail Australia . Retrieved 20 September 2023 .
^ LaFrenz, Carrie (9 February 2018).
"Brett Blundy offloads Bras N Things to Hanes for $500m" .
The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 29 September 2018 .
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"9 outrageous yachts appearing at the Monaco Yacht Show owned by some of the world's richest billionaires" . businessinsider.com . Retrieved 28 September 2018 .
^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017).
"Financial Review Rich List 2017" .
The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 8 June 2017 .
^
Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017).
"Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax" .
Crikey . Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019 .
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"Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars" . Forbes Asia . 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019 .
^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018).
"2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?" .
The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 26 May 2018 .
^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019).
"Australia's 200 richest people revealed" .
The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019 .
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"2019 Australia's 50 Richest" . Forbes Asia . January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019 .
^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020).
"The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed" .
The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020 .
^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021).
"The 200 richest people in Australia revealed" .
Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 28 May 2021 .
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"Rich List" . Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023).
"The 200 richest people in Australia revealed" .
Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 6 June 2023 .
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