Bruce Gordon
Born (1929-02-04) 4 February 1929
Surry Hills, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Businessman; media owner; investor
Known forOwner of WIN Group
SpouseJudith Gordon

Bruce Gordon (born 4 February 1929 in Surry Hills, New South Wales[1]) is an Australian businessman. He is the owner of the Australian television network, WIN Television through his ownership of WIN Corporation, the largest shareholder of Network 10 & the largest shareholder of the Nine Network,[2] and holds a significant stake in Nine Entertainment Co.[3]

Career

From humble beginning, Gordon juggled fruit to lure customers into his father's street-side fruit stall. He continued to hone his magic skills into his 20s and gained his first performance at Sydney's Tivoli circuit theatre; later progressing onto management of the theatre. During this period he got to know Rupert Murdoch, Sir Frank Packer and his sons, Kerry and Clyde, and Bruce Gyngell.[1]

In 1962, Gordon was appointed the Australasian sales executive for Desilu Productions, which was sold to Gulf and Western, which renamed the studio Paramount Television.[1] Gordon worked as a programming executive for Paramount in Hollywood for thirty years.[3]

Gordon gained control of Television Wollongong Transmission Ltd (later rebadged as WIN TV) in 1979 from Murdoch.[4] He then expanded WIN Television's operations during the 1990s, buying out the other shareholders in 1991 after buying two licences in Queensland and Crawford Productions.[1] By the end of the decade WIN had licences and transmitters in all Australian states and mainland territories (except NT).[4]

Gordon holds a 50% share in the NRL St. George Illawarra Dragons club through WIN Corporation.[3]

Personal life

Gordon lives in Bermuda with his second wife, Judith, with additional residences in Sydney and Monaco.[1] Gordon has a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Genevieve.[5]

Net worth

As of May 2023, the Australian Financial Review assessed Gordon's net worth at A$1.30 billion.[6] Gordon is one of eleven living Australians who have appeared on every Rich List, since it was first published in 1984.[7][8]

Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 richest
Rank Net worth A$ Rank Net worth US$
2014[4][9] 34 $1.096 billion 40 Increase $0.700 billion Increase
2015[10][11] 46 Decrease $1.060 billion Decrease 41 Decrease $0.720 billion Increase
2016[10][12] 54 Decrease $0.990 billion Decrease 46 Decrease $0.570 billion Decrease
2017[3] 107 Decrease $0.629 billion Decrease n/a not listed
2018[13] 113 Decrease $0.702 billion Increase
2019[14][15] 134 Decrease $0.728 billion Increase
2020[16] 111 Increase $0.892 billion Increase
2021[7] 123 Decrease $0.870 billion Decrease
2022 110 Increase $1.30 billion Increase
2023[6] 133 Decrease $1.07 billion Decrease
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chessell, James; Totaro, Paolo (7 March 2015). "How Bruce Gordon, the man from WIN, helped catch Silvio Berlusconi". Financial Review. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Windsor, Georgina (11 February 2010). "WIN Corp owner Bruce Gordon sues Nine over live-streaming of TV channels". The Australian. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 34. Bruce Gordon". BRW. Sydney. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Chessell, James (5 August 2010). "Gordon's girl in the running for WIN television crown". news.com.au.
  6. 1 2 Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. 1 2 Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Thomson, James (22 May 2013). "Celebrating 30 years of the Rich 200". BRW Rich 200. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "2014 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. 1 2 "BRW rich list topped by Harry Triguboff, Gina Rinehart slips to fourth". ABC News. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "2016 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  14. ↑ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Bruce Gordon ranked 134 on Australian Financial Review's Rich List". Illawarra Mercury. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  16. ↑ 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.
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