James Packer - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore James Packer net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Australian businessman who inherited control of his family’s company, Consolidated Press Holdings Limited. He was the world’s richest Australian in 2006 and 2007. In this article, we will discover how old is James Packer? Who is James Packer dating now & how much money does James Packer have?

James Packer Biography

James Packer is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on September 8, 1967 in Sydney, Australia. He and Alex Hartman are both high-profile businessmen from Australia.

Packer was engaged to actress Kate Fischer until the couple separated in 1998 after five years together and a two-year engagement.

Packer married Jodhi Meares at his home in Bellevue Hill, Sydney in October 1999; the relationship lasted two years, and the couple separated in 2002.

He is the son of the media mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer. In 2016, he got engaged to singer Mariah Carey. They broke up later that year. He was previously married to singer Erica Packer.

He was a chairperson of Crown Limited, one of Australia’s biggest resort groups.

James Douglas Packer (born 8 September 1967) is an Australian billionaire businessman and investor.

James Packer Net Worth

James is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Packer's net worth $3.7 Billion. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

His father did not want to send him to college and instead put him to work at a cattle station.

Following the breakdown of his first marriage, and the development of a friendship with the actor Tom Cruise, Packer began attending the Church of Scientology in Australia, taking courses on the Church’s Dundas business centre in 2002. He subsequently confirmed his involvement with Scientology, saying he had found it “helpful”. He later distanced himself from the church.

Packer purchased a 25% stake in SEEK for A$ 33 million in August 2003. He sold most of his stake six years later for A$ 440 million. At Packer’s urging, the magazine group then controlled by his family, Australian Consolidated Press, acquired a 41% stake in online advertiser Carsales in October 2005. The deal, initially valued at A$ 100 million, was eventually worth A$ 462 million to Packer-controlled entities.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Packer was a director of Australian Telecommunications company One.Tel, which was declared insolvent during May 2001. The collapse of One.Tel cost PBL A$ 327 million. Packer admitted at a PBL annual general meeting that he had learned “painful lessons” from the collapse of One.Tel. Later at the liquidator’s inquiry over the collapse he denied that he was apologising for his own personal conduct; instead, he claimed, “I was making an apology for accepting the bona fides of Mr. Rich and a Mr. Heaney, and the executive directors of One.Tel.”

Who is James Packer Dating?

According to our records, James Packer married to Erica Packer , Jodhi Meares . As of January 13, 2024, James Packer’s is not dating anyone.

In March 2006, Packer began discussing whether to sell Channel Nine and the Australian Consolidated Press magazine group to help fund his move into the international gaming and tourism business. Given changes in media due to the Internet and pay-TV, Packer was concerned about the future of free-to-air television. On 17 October 2006, Packer’s team finalised a deal to sell 50% of the media assets—which also included a 50% stake in web portal Ninemsn and a 51% stake in Carsales—to private equity group CVC Asia Pacific for A$ 4.5 billion, plus an additional A$1 billion in equity in the new company, which would be called PBL Media.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Following the dotcom crash of 2000–2001, Packer acquired stakes in the online classified sites SEEK and Carsales.com, believing that newspaper companies relying heavily on classified advertising were vulnerable to online companies in categories including employment and vehicle listings.

Packer later married part-time model and singer Erica Baxter, whom he wed in the equivalent of a civil ceremony on 20 June 2007. The wedding was at the Antibes town hall, and the second ceremony took place at Hotel du Cap – Eden Roc in Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera. Together, Packer and Baxter have three children: daughter Indigo, born 27 July 2008, son Jackson Lloyd, born 1 February 2010, and daughter Emmanuelle Sheelah, born 22 September 2012. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Packer met struggling actress Charlotte Kirk in November 2012 when she was 20 and Packer was 45, and the two embarked on a relationship. In September 2013 James and Erica Packer announced they were separating.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. James Packer celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.

Packer first appeared on various wealth lists in 2006, following the death of his father the previous year and the intergeneration transfer of the bulk of Kerry Packer’s wealth to his son, James. James Packer’s wealth was valued at A$ 7.25 billion. A television report on 21 June 2007 alleged that Packer had lost in excess of A$ 1 billion over the previous six months in 2007 due to poor investment decisions and falling profits. The 2008 BRW Rich 200 listed Packer as the third-richest person in Australia with a personal wealth of A$ 6.1 billion, behind Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Andrew Forrest and Westfield Group’s Frank Lowy. That was the first time in 21 years that a member of the Packer family had not topped the list. According to BRW, Packer’s wealth dipped to an estimated A$ 3 billion during 2009. In its 2013 BRW Rich 200 list, Packer was ranked third with his wealth estimated at A$ 6.0 billion, a boost of A$ 1.1 billion on the previous year. In the 2014 wealth rankings by BRW, Packer’s wealth was assessed at A$ 7.19 billion, making him the third-richest Australian. In 2015 BRW Rich 200, Packer’s net worth was assessed at A$ 6.08 billion, making him the seventh-richest Australian.

Why is James Packer so rich?

Real Time Net Worth Packer is the largest shareholder of Crown Resorts, which owns casinos in Australia and London. He took over the empire of his late father, Kerry. Packer stepped down from Crown Resorts’ board in March 2018.

What is happening with James Packer?

James Packer is set to become $3.26bn richer after Crown Resorts accepted an offer to sell its entire Australian casino empire to a US private equity firm.

How did the Packer family get rich?

It was Kerry’s grandfather, Robert Clyde Packer, who started the media empire. A journalist from Tasmania, he made his way to Sydney and worked on several papers. Robert’s son, Frank, worked for him and later established the Australian Women’s Weekly, which was the foundation of the family fortune.

Does James Packer own Crown Casino?

Mr Packer, who still owns 37 per cent of Crown Resorts, will secure a $3.26 billion windfall if the sale proceeds. The company’s gambling licence at Barangaroo is currently suspended after a public inquiry found it was unfit to run a casino.

Who is the richest man in Australia?

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