Graham Tuckwell

Graham Tuckwell
Born Canberra, Australia
Residence Jersey
Education Australian National University
Occupation Businessman, philanthropist
Net worth AU$460 million
Spouse(s) Louise Tuckwell
Children 4

Graham Tuckwell is an Australian businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

Early life

Graham John Tuckwell was born in Canberra.[1] He graduated from the Australian National University, where he received a Bachelor of Economics in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

He started his career as an Advisor to Vince FitzGerald in the Department of the Prime Minister in Canberra.[3] He later founded Investor Resources Limited.[3] Later, he served as Head of Mining for the Asia-Pacific region for Salomon Brothers and as Executive Director of Normandy Mining.[5] He also worked as an investment advisor to Credit Suisse First Boston and Schroders, both in London and Australia.[3][5]

He is the Founder and Chairman of ETF Securities, an investment firm focused on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded commodities (Commodity ETCs) and exchange-traded currencies (Currency ETCs).[1][2][3][5][6][7][8] It holds $30 billion in assets and it is the seventh largest ETP in the world.[1][3] In 2003, he also started Gold Bullion Securities, an ETP linked to the value of gold as a commodity.[3][7]

Philanthropy

In 2012, he co-founded the Tuckwell Foundation with his wife.[9] In 2013, he donated AU$50 million to his alma mater, the Australian National University.[1][4][8][6][10][11] As part of the program he endowed, students are selected to become "Tuckwell Scholars" each year, receive a stipend of $20,000 and live in Scholars House.[1][10] The program is overseen by "Tuckwell Fellows."[1]

Through his foundation, he has also donated to the Education Building Fund and St. Columb's Anglican Church Hall in Hawthorn, Victoria.[9]

Personal life

He is married to Louise (Wright) Tuckwell, a philanthropist.[1][3][4][8] They have four children.[1][3] They reside in Jersey.[1] He is worth an estimated AU$460 million.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Emma Macdonald, Billionaire gives back with $50m uni donation, The Canberra Times, February 05, 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Graham John Tuckwell, Bloomberg Businessweek
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Tuckwell Foundation: Governance
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jill Rowbotham, Entrepreneur Graham Tuckwell donates $50m for ANU undergrads, The Australian, February 05, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Aussie banker on British rich list, The Australian, April 30, 2012
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 James Thomson, Graham Tuckwell: a shining example , BRW, 01 August 2013
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Michael Bailey, Graham Tuckwell: why I didn’t sell a $1.5b business, BRW, 01 August 2013
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Katrina Strickland, 'Giving It Away: Graham Tuckwell', The Australian Financial Review Magazine: The Wealth Issue, July 2014, p. 28
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tuckwell Foundation: Activity
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tim Dodd, No magic formula to being a Tuckwell scholar, Australian Financial Review, 24 February 2014
  11. ↑ Tim Dodd, Tuckwell pleased to start donation domino, Australian Financial Review, 24 February 2014