Graham Tuckwell

Graham Tuckwell is an Australian businessman and philanthropist.[1]

Graham Tuckwell
Born
Canberra, Australia
Alma materAustralian National University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFund manager
Net worthA$683 million (The Australian's List of the Richest 250, 2019)
Spouse(s)Louise Tuckwell
Children4

Background and early career

Graham John Tuckwell was born in Canberra.[2] He lived at Bruce Hall at the Australian National University, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Economics in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981.[3][2][4][5][6][7]

He started his career as an advisor to Vince FitzGerald in the Department of the Prime Minister.[5]

Financial services career

He later founded Investor Resources Limited,[5] and served as Head of Mining for the Asia-Pacific region for Salomon Brothers and as Executive Director of Normandy Mining.[7] He also worked as an investment advisor to Credit Suisse First Boston and Schroders, both in London and Australia.[5][7]

He is the founder and chairman of ETF Securities, an investment firm focused on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded commodities and exchange-traded currencies.[2][4][5][7][8][9][10] It holds A$30 billion in assets and it is the seventh largest ETP in the world.[2][5] In 2003, he also started Gold Bullion Securities, an ETP linked to the value of gold as a commodity.[5][9]

Philanthropy

In 2012, he co-founded the Tuckwell Foundation with his wife[11] and in 2013 donated A$50 million to the Australian National University, subsequently increased to A$100 million as at 12 July 2016.[2][6][10][8][12][13] As part of the program he endowed, students are selected to become "Tuckwell Scholars" each year, receive a stipend of $20,000.[2][12] The program is overseen by "Tuckwell Fellows."[2]

The Tuckwell Foundation has also donated to the Education Building Fund and St. Columb's Anglican Church Hall in Hawthorn, Victoria.[11]

Personal life

He is married to Louise (Wright) Tuckwell, a philanthropist.[2][5][6][10] They have four children.[2][5] They reside in Jersey.[2] As of 2019, The Australian assessed his net worth at A$683 million.[14]

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References
  1. Australian National University to receive $100 million donation from former student; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; 12 July 2016
  2. Macdonald, Emma (5 February 2013). "Billionaire gives back with $50m uni donation". The Canberra Times.
  3. Australian National University to receive $100 million donation from former student; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; 12 July 2016
  4. Graham John Tuckwell, Bloomberg Businessweek
  5. Tuckwell Foundation: Governance
  6. Rowbotham, Jill (5 February 2013). "Entrepreneur Graham Tuckwell donates $50m for ANU undergrads". The Australian.
  7. "Aussie banker on British rich list". The Australian. 30 April 2012.
  8. Thomson, James (1 August 2013). "Graham Tuckwell: a shining example". BRW. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014.
  9. Bailey, Michael (1 August 2013). "Graham Tuckwell: why I didn't sell a $1.5b business". BRW'. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
  10. Strickland, Katrina (July 2014). "Giving It Away: Graham Tuckwell". The Australian Financial Review Magazine: The Wealth Issue'. p. 28.
  11. Tuckwell Foundation: Activity
  12. Dodd, Tim (24 February 2014). "No magic formula to being a Tuckwell scholar". The Australian Financial Review.
  13. Dodd, Tim (24 February 2014). "Tuckwell pleased to start donation domino". The Australian Financial Review.
  14. 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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