Gerry Harvey
Gerry Harvey
Gerry Harveyis an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co-founded it with Ian Norman in 1982...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 September 1939
CountryAustralia
frozen groups hands huge matter media minority social strong system time
The political system is broke. It doesn't matter who the leader is if you are frozen in time and your hands are tied. Social media is so strong that minority groups get a huge say.
interest lose people
The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight.
deal develop great helping mentoring people spent time trying
I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.
conversation health might mind
All I can say to you, if you look after your health, eat the right stuff, do enough exercise, keep your mind active, you might be around when you're 100 having this conversation with someone.
generally
For me, anyone who is over 80, I generally sit down and have a chat to because he is over 80, and he is going OK.
carried
I am a commonsense sort of a person, and I don't get carried away with emotion and fears.
dollars given millions
I've given away tens of millions of dollars over the years - probably to almost every charity in Australia.
money people
Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities.
decisions quickly works
Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.
money people work
People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.
australia business compared cost lack market scale small
The cost to do business in Australia is higher, and the lack of scale is a part of that - Australia is a very small market compared to the U.S.
people plenty smarter
There are plenty of people smarter than you by a long way. I just got lucky.
business furniture internet zero
There is no Internet business in furniture or bedding. Zero - practically in the world.
greater people
What I think is that we should be helping people so they can reach an even greater potential.