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
course pay
If a company in Australia has to pay tax and the other one doesn't, of course it's a disadvantage.
proved
If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.
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.
devalue people properties saying
People are out there saying we have to devalue our properties because of the Internet, but it hasn't even come into play!
money people work
People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.
nature run
That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.
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.
bloody family good
We're good at what we do because we're a family - this is in our bloody DNA; this is what we do.
greater people
What I think is that we should be helping people so they can reach an even greater potential.
business earn money running wages
As a retailer, we want everyone out there to earn more money, but then if you're running a business, and we can't make money because the wages are too high, that's a problem.
cent goes number original per revenue
Even if you sell the same number of plasma televisions - if you are selling them for 20 or 30 or 40 per cent of the original price, your revenue goes down, and the profit goes with it.