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Gretel Packer

February

James Packer’s casino charity deals in the elite

Attendees at the lunch included Albo, Dutton, Sarah Murdoch and Scott Farquhar, as Sydney’s movers and shakers celebrated some good old corporate philanthropy.

July 2024

Robert Bates (left) with Francesca Packer at the Australian Open earlier this year.

Robert Bates holidays in Italy aboard Packer yacht

Investors allege the Aquamamma founder made baseless claims about the companies’ financial success. All while he slathers on the sunscreen.

August 2023

 Mike Messara, Will Vicars and Mark Nelson.

Inside the wild ride of Will Vicars’ Caledonia

Three decades since Caledonia, Australia’s largest and most private hedge fund, was created, it still follows its bigger bets with an almost religious fervour.

July 2021

Omniscient Neurotechnology has created revolutionary new brain mapping software.

Australia’s richest families back brain mapping software company

Omniscient Neurotechnology has raised $40 million in series B financing from wealthy individuals, including Will Vicars and Gina Rinehart.

June 2020

Sam Chisholm’s Palm Beach home was sold to Caledonia's Mike Messara for $24 million.

Mike Messara is Palm Beach's mystery $24m buyer

Sam Chisholm's old house sold in February but the buyer was hidden behind a shell company.

May 2019

More space equals more art (left to right): Anita Belgiorno-Nettis; Sam Meers; Clare Ainsworth Herschell; Gretel Packer; Gene Sherman at AGNSW’s off-site storage facility.

The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern

Five art-loving women, led by Gretel Packer, reveal what convinced them to donate millions to the Art Gallery of NSW Sydney Modern project.

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