Lindsay Fox

Lindsay Fox (born April 19, 1937 in Sydney, Australia) is a successful businessman and the 15th richest person in Australia or New Zealand with a net worth of around $990 million. [1] He is best known for his trucking company, Linfox, and he is the son of a truck driver.

Early Life

Lindsay was brought up in Prahran and left school when he was 13 years old.

He was educated at Melbourne High School, but was asked to leave due to his poor academic performance and lack of academic interest whilst attending Year 10. It has been revealed by Lindsay that he received this advice from teachers at the school to do so for his best interests. Therefore, under good terms with Melbourne High School, he started working as a truck driver and was able to use this as a springboard to found Linfox. An indicator of his tremendous work ethic and raw business savvy can be read on a [profile][www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1175302.htm] of Fox televised on the ABC

Football career

Lindsay Fox played Australian rules football for many of his earlier years, with moderate success and continues his involvement with the sport.

Recruited from the St Kilda Football Club's thirds side (which he captained), Fox was sent to Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football League before he returned to make his Victorian Football League debut in 1960. Fox did not think much of his footballing abilities, but as a ruckman he went on to play 20 games (for 3 goals) between 1959 and 1961. Following his stint in the VFL, he went to the VFA, playing firstly for the Moorabbin and then Brighton-Caulfield football clubs.

He later returned in an administrative role, becoming the president of the Saints in 1979.

Business interests

He maintains a good relationship with Melbourne High, and has made numerous large donations to his former school. He also famously has a deal with the school which allows his private helicopter to land on the main oval when required.

He started his Linfox company in 1956 with 1 truck. [2]

Fox was also involved in an unsuccessful attempt to resurrect Ansett airlines with Solomon Lew following its collapse in September 2001.

He also took ownership of Melbourne's Luna Park in late 2005. In 2006, he made an unsuccessful bid for the development of the neighbouring 'Triangle Site' on St Kilda's foreshore.

Triva

• He still personally test-drives every new truck model procured by Linfox [3]

• He's got a collection of 130 sports cars

• His business card is in the shape of a truck and his occupation on the card is "Truck Driver" [4]