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
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.
affordable life money tried
I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.
cannot embarrass involved money politician politics time waste
I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.
architect business engineer money understand
In this business, you don't have to be an architect or an engineer or a brick layer. But you have to understand how the money flows. That you can only understand if you're on the site.
buy market money
This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.
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.
takes time
We can't express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.
depriving newspapers people
The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted.
government promoting time tourism
The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.
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.
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.
feasible prices
Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.
banks prices
If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically.
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.