Anthony Pratt is Chairman and CEO of Pratt Industries and Group Deputy Chairman of Visy Industries, the world’s largest privately-owned paper and packaging company. He is the son of the late Richard Pratt, and the third most wealthy person in Australia according to the BRW Rich 200 list 2010.
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Pratt graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in 1983. After graduation, he joined the consulting firm of McKinsey & Co, before joining Visy as Joint General Manager of Visy Board.
In 1988, he became Deputy Chairman of Pratt Holdings.
In 1991, Anthony moved to the United States to lead the company’s expansion into America and in that time has overseen the acquisition of several corrugated manufacturing companies which now form the heart of Pratt Industries. Since his arrival, the company has grown sevenfold in sales and earnings and now employs more than 3500 workers at mills and box plants throughout the U.S. It employs more Americans than any other Australian company.
Anthony sits on the National Board of the Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and is also active in numerous charity organizations throughout the United States. In 2000, he arranged for Muhammad Ali to visit Australia.[1]
He is also interested in environmental issues, and is a member of the Climate Group, a leading international environmental group founded by former British prime minister Tony Blair.