Harry Triguboff
Harry Triguboff
Harry Oscar Triguboff AO, an Australian billionaire residential property developer, is one of Australia's richest people. He is the founder and managing director of Meriton and is colloquially known as "high-rise Harry". In May 2016 Triguboff was declared the wealthiest person in Australia by net worth in the annual BRW Rich 200 list...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth3 March 1933
CountryAustralia
belong
I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.
developers hostile large local
Local councils are hostile to large developers and think that, by doing this, they are standing up for the community. But they're wrong.
chinese good russians war
The Chinese were good to us. The war years for us Russians in China were very good years.
good point rid somebody tough
I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.
affordable life money tried
I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.
banks prices
If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically.
feasible prices
Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.
interest nobody support team time waste
My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.
good properties stream
My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.
built buy funds lots money people super
People have lots of money in super, but they have no money in the bank, and the super funds are not built to help people buy property.
government promoting time tourism
The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.
depriving newspapers people
The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted.
takes time
We can't express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.
jewish main
We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school.