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Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The gift will accelerate mental health research and establish the James Packer Chair in Mood Disorders at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The gift, jointly funded by Packer and The Packer Family Foundation, will see the professorial chair ...

Blackstone inches closer to Crown Resorts deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... $8.87 billion buyout proposal from US private equity firm Blackstone Inc unless a higher offer emerged. Currently, James Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings is the biggest shareholder and has a 36.8% stake. Blackstone has a stake of almost 10%. "The ...

Cannon-Brookes takes stake in Rabbitohs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... owns 75% of the club, as has been the case since the re-structuring of the Rabbitohs in June 2006. Russell Crowe and James Packer also own one third interests in the Blackcourt stake of the Rabbitohs. The remaining 25% share is owned by the club's members ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... three-person advisory board includes Paul Dortkamp, Jodie Baker and Sarah Goodman. Dortkamp currently sits on the boards of James Packer's $5 billion family office, Ellerston Global Investments Limited among other appointments. He has served as Colonial ...

Contango continues to grow investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... September, following a management buyout of the company in June, involving Boubouras and an investment vehicle led by James Packer.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... with Woodside down 68 cents at $35.77, Oil Search down seven cents at $8.41 and Santos seven cents weaker at $8.23. James Packer's Crown Resorts was one of the strongest performers, up $1.10, or 7.6 per cent, at $15.56 after its normalised half year ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Crown Resorts firmed one cent to $14.16 after news that banker Robert Rankin would be the new chief executive of James Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings which holds a 50.1 per cent stake in Crown. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... oil and gas company Horizon Oil. As a result, Horizon Oil shares shed three cents, or 6.35 per cent, to 34 cents. James Packer's Crown Resorts was down 15.5 cents to $15.85 after announcing a fresh bid to enter the Las Vegas casino market through the ...

Packer launches $200 million philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Gaming billionaire James Packer has launched a $200 million philanthropic fund to support the arts and Indigenous education for the next 10 years. The Foundation will be funded jointly by the Packer Family Foundation and the Crown Resorts Foundation ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... She was the world's fifth richest woman on the list and easily Australia's richest person, ahead of 208th-ranked James Packer with $7.30 billion. Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his family climbed 13 places to 78th, with $15.17 billion. ...
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