Bob Ingham: Liverpool businessman remembered for his legacy
Tributes have flowed for Liverpool businessman and philanthropist Bob Ingham, who helped build his family poultry business into a household name and put his hometown on the map.
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Tributes have flowed for Liverpool businessman, poultry king and philanthropist Bob Ingham, who died this week surrounded by family.
The billionaire chicken farmer and racehorse owner died at the age of 88.
Mr Ingham and his brother Jack helped put Liverpool on the map by turning the family’s chicken business in Casula into a household name, with Inghams Enterprises now one of Australia’s largest poultry producers.
He was also known for giving back to the community and had a vision for an independent health and medical research facility in his hometown of Liverpool.
That was realised in 2012 with the opening of the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research in the centre of Liverpool.
Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller paid tribute to the local icon.
“On behalf of Liverpool City councillors and staff, I wish to extend my condolences and good wishes to his family and many friends,” Cr Waller said.
“Bob and his brother Jack have made a significant contribution to Liverpool, the southwest Sydney region and the wider Australian community for more than 60 years and I have no doubt this legacy will live on for generations to come.”
Cr Waller said the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research was a key partner with council in the development of the Liverpool Innovation Precinct — a world-class health, research and education hub in the Liverpool city centre.
“I have no doubt that the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and the Liverpool Innovation Precinct will continue to make a difference in health, research and education in the future and it’s thanks to the support of people like Bob Ingham,’’ Mayor Waller said.
Werriwa federal Labor MP Anne Stanley also paid her respects to the Liverpool businessman.
“I am personally saddened by the news of Bob’s passing. He was a kind man who cared about his community.”
Ms Stanley said the Ingham name “has been synonymous with Liverpool for more than a century”.
“By far the greatest legacy will be the fulfilment of Mr. Ingham’s vision for a world-class medical research facility in the region he was born and raised.
“In its short history, the Ingham Institute has attained a reputation for world class research, delivering enormous benefits to the people of Werriwa,” she said.