Relationship : Marriage 18 May 1966 (Janet Lee, 24 years) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Work : New Career December 1967 (Began legal practice) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Work : Start Business 1970 (Gained significant shares in Western Worsted)
Financial : Best Period 1985 (Named as Australias wealthiest man)
Financial : Lose significant money 19 October 1987 (Hit hard with stock market crash) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Financial : Investments 1988 (Sold most of shares)
Death:Death by Heart Attack 2 September 1990 in Perth (Age 53) chart Placidus Equal_H. Death of Mother 30 April 2014 (Ethnee Holmes à Court, aged 98) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Australian entrepreneur, who became Australias first billionaire. Educated at the University of Western Australia, where he earned his law degree, he began his legal practice in December 1967. With a background of family wealth, he made his own move into the world of finance in 1970 by gaining control of Western Worsted and Woolen Mills Ltd. At the height of his success, Holmes a Court owned 44.5% of his Bell Group Ltd, which had an estimated value of $650 million. During the 1980s, he bought substantial parcels of shares in various companies until 19 October 1987 when he was hit hard with the stock market crash. In mid-1988 he sold most of his shares in the Bell Group and aborted a planned takeover of the John Fairfax group. In 1985, Business Review Weekly named him Australias richest man with a net worth of $300 million. He put together a valuable art collection and he was successfully involved in horse breeding and racing. Holmes à Court married Janet Lee on 18 May 1966. They have four children (Peter, Paul, Simon, Catherine). Holmes à Courts mother Ethnee died at the age of 98 in May 2014. Robert Holmes à Court died of a heart attack in Perth, Australia on the morrning of 2 February 1990, aged 53. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: July 27, 1937 in Johannesburg, South Africa
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